Methods for fabricating multi-terminal phase change devices
    1.
    发明授权
    Methods for fabricating multi-terminal phase change devices 有权
    制造多端相变装置的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07696018B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-13

    申请号:US12116911

    申请日:2008-05-07

    IPC分类号: H01L21/06 H01L45/00

    摘要: Phase change devices, and particularly multi-terminal phase change devices, include first and second active terminals bridged together by a phase-change material whose conductivity can be modified in accordance with a control signal applied to a control electrode. This structure allows an application in which an electrical connection can be created between the two active terminals, with the control of the connection being effected using a separate terminal or terminals. Accordingly, the resistance of the heater element can be increased independently from the resistance of the path between the two active terminals. This allows the use of smaller heater elements thus requiring less current to create the same amount of Joule heating per unit area. The resistance of the heating element does not impact the total resistance of the phase change device. The programming control can be placed outside of the main signal path through the phase change device, reducing the impact of the associated capacitance and resistance of the device.

    摘要翻译: 相变装置,特别是多端子相变装置,包括通过相变材料桥接在一起的第一和第二有源端子,该相变材料的导电性可以根据施加到控制电极的控制信号进行修改。 这种结构允许在两个有效端子之间可以产生电连接的应用,连接的控制使用单独的终端或终端实现。 因此,可以独立于两个有源端子之间的路径的电阻来增加加热器元件的电阻。 这允许使用较小的加热器元件,因此需要较少的电流以在每单位面积上产生相同量的焦耳加热。 加热元件的电阻不影响相变装置的总电阻。 编程控制可以通过相变装置放置在主信号路径之外,减少相关电容和器件电阻的影响。

    Multi-terminal phase change devices
    2.
    发明授权
    Multi-terminal phase change devices 有权
    多端相变装置

    公开(公告)号:US08822967B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-02

    申请号:US13433039

    申请日:2012-03-28

    IPC分类号: H01L45/00 H03K19/02 G11C13/00

    摘要: Phase change devices, particularly multi-terminal phase change devices, include first and second active terminals bridged together by a phase-change material whose conductivity can be modified in accordance with a control signal applied to a control electrode. Structure allows application in which an electrical connection can be created between two active terminals, with control of the connection being effected using a separate terminal or terminals. Accordingly, the resistance of the heater element can be increased independently from the resistance of the path between the two active terminals, allowing use of smaller heater elements thus requiring less current to create the same amount of Joule heating per unit area. The resistance of the heating element does not impact the total resistance of the phase change device. Programming control can be placed outside of main signal path through the phase change device, reducing impact of associated capacitance and resistance of the device.

    摘要翻译: 相变装置,特别是多端子相变装置,包括通过相变材料桥接在一起的第一和第二有源端子,其中导电性可以根据施加到控制电极的控制信号进行修改。 结构允许应用,其中可以在两个活动终端之间产生电连接,并且使用单独的终端或终端来实现连接的控制。 因此,可以独立于两个有源端子之间的路径的电阻增加加热器元件的电阻,允许使用较小的加热器元件,从而需要更少的电流以产生每单位面积相同量的焦耳加热。 加热元件的电阻不影响相变装置的总电阻。 编程控制可以通过相变装置放置在主信号路径之外,减少相关电容和器件电阻的影响。

    Multi-terminal phase change devices
    3.
    发明授权
    Multi-terminal phase change devices 有权
    多端相变装置

    公开(公告)号:US08486745B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-16

    申请号:US11811077

    申请日:2007-06-07

    IPC分类号: H01L45/00

    摘要: Phase change devices, and particularly multi-terminal phase change devices, include first and second active terminals bridged together by a phase-change material whose conductivity can be modified in accordance with a control signal applied to a control electrode. This structure allows an application in which an electrical connection can be created between the two active terminals, with the control of the connection being effected using a separate terminal or terminals. Accordingly, the resistance of the heater element can be increased independently from the resistance of the path between the two active terminals. This allows the use of smaller heater elements thus requiring less current to create the same amount of Joule heating per unit area. The resistance of the heating element does not impact the total resistance of the phase change device. The programming control can be placed outside of the main signal path through the phase change device, reducing the impact of the associated capacitance and resistance of the device.

    摘要翻译: 相变装置,特别是多端子相变装置,包括通过相变材料桥接在一起的第一和第二有源端子,其中导电性可以根据施加到控制电极的控制信号进行修改。 这种结构允许在两个有效端子之间可以产生电连接的应用,连接的控制使用单独的终端或终端实现。 因此,可以独立于两个有源端子之间的路径的电阻来增加加热器元件的电阻。 这允许使用较小的加热器元件,因此需要较少的电流以在每单位面积上产生相同量的焦耳加热。 加热元件的电阻不影响相变装置的总电阻。 编程控制可以通过相变装置放置在主信号路径之外,减少相关电容和器件电阻的影响。

    Method for selectively establishing an electrical connection in a multi-terminal phase change device
    4.
    发明授权
    Method for selectively establishing an electrical connection in a multi-terminal phase change device 有权
    在多端子相变装置中选择性地建立电连接的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08178380B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-15

    申请号:US12459917

    申请日:2009-07-09

    IPC分类号: H01L45/00

    摘要: Phase change devices, and particularly multi-terminal phase change devices, include first and second active terminals bridged together by a phase-change material whose conductivity can be modified in accordance with a control signal applied to a control electrode. This structure allows an application in which an electrical connection can be created between the two active terminals, with the control of the connection being effected using a separate terminal or terminals. Accordingly, the resistance of the heater element can be increased independently from the resistance of the path between the two active terminals. This allows the use of smaller heater elements thus requiring less current to create the same amount of Joule heating per unit area. The resistance of the heating element does not impact the total resistance of the phase change device. The programming control can be placed outside of the main signal path through the phase change device, reducing the impact of the associated capacitance and resistance of the device.

    摘要翻译: 相变装置,特别是多端子相变装置,包括通过相变材料桥接在一起的第一和第二有源端子,其中导电性可以根据施加到控制电极的控制信号进行修改。 这种结构允许在两个有效端子之间可以产生电连接的应用,连接的控制使用单独的终端或终端实现。 因此,可以独立于两个有源端子之间的路径的电阻来增加加热器元件的电阻。 这允许使用较小的加热器元件,因此需要较少的电流以在每单位面积上产生相同量的焦耳加热。 加热元件的电阻不影响相变装置的总电阻。 编程控制可以通过相变装置放置在主信号路径之外,减少相关电容和器件电阻的影响。

    Multi-terminal phase change devices
    7.
    发明授权
    Multi-terminal phase change devices 有权
    多端相变装置

    公开(公告)号:US08183551B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-22

    申请号:US11267788

    申请日:2005-11-03

    IPC分类号: H01L45/00

    摘要: Phase change devices, and particularly multi-terminal phase change devices, include first and second active terminals bridged together by a phase-change material whose conductivity can be modified in accordance with a control signal applied to a control electrode. This structure allows an application in which an electrical connection can be created between the two active terminals, with the control of the connection being effected using a separate terminal or terminals. Accordingly, the resistance of the heater element can be increased independently from the resistance of the path between the two active terminals. This allows the use of smaller heater elements thus requiring less current to create the same amount of Joule heating per unit area. The resistance of the heating element does not impact the total resistance of the phase change device. The programming control can be placed outside of the main signal path through the phase change device, reducing the impact of the associated capacitance and resistance of the device.

    摘要翻译: 相变装置,特别是多端子相变装置,包括通过相变材料桥接在一起的第一和第二有源端子,其中导电性可以根据施加到控制电极的控制信号进行修改。 这种结构允许在两个有效端子之间可以产生电连接的应用,连接的控制使用单独的终端或终端实现。 因此,可以独立于两个有源端子之间的路径的电阻来增加加热器元件的电阻。 这允许使用较小的加热器元件,因此需要较少的电流以在每单位面积上产生相同量的焦耳加热。 加热元件的电阻不影响相变装置的总电阻。 编程控制可以通过相变装置放置在主信号路径之外,减少相关电容和器件电阻的影响。

    Multi-terminal phase change devices
    8.
    发明申请
    Multi-terminal phase change devices 有权
    多端相变装置

    公开(公告)号:US20100091560A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-15

    申请号:US12459917

    申请日:2009-07-09

    IPC分类号: G11C11/56

    摘要: Phase change devices, and particularly multi-terminal phase change devices, include first and second active terminals bridged together by a phase-change material whose conductivity can be modified in accordance with a control signal applied to a control electrode. This structure allows an application in which an electrical connection can be created between the two active terminals, with the control of the connection being effected using a separate terminal or terminals. Accordingly, the resistance of the heater element can be increased independently from the resistance of the path between the two active terminals. This allows the use of smaller heater elements thus requiring less current to create the same amount of Joule heating per unit area. The resistance of the heating element does not impact the total resistance of the phase change device. The programming control can be placed outside of the main signal path through the phase change device, reducing the impact of the associated capacitance and resistance of the device.

    摘要翻译: 相变装置,特别是多端子相变装置,包括通过相变材料桥接在一起的第一和第二有源端子,该相变材料的导电性可以根据施加到控制电极的控制信号进行修改。 这种结构允许在两个有效端子之间可以产生电连接的应用,连接的控制使用单独的终端或终端实现。 因此,可以独立于两个有源端子之间的路径的电阻来增加加热器元件的电阻。 这允许使用较小的加热器元件,因此需要较少的电流以在每单位面积上产生相同量的焦耳加热。 加热元件的电阻不影响相变装置的总电阻。 编程控制可以通过相变装置放置在主信号路径之外,减少相关电容和器件电阻的影响。

    Field-programmable gate array having voltage identification capability
    9.
    发明授权
    Field-programmable gate array having voltage identification capability 有权
    具有电压识别功能的现场可编程门阵列

    公开(公告)号:US08639952B1

    公开(公告)日:2014-01-28

    申请号:US11716265

    申请日:2007-03-09

    IPC分类号: G06F1/26

    摘要: A programmable logic device (PLD) provides voltage identification (VID) codes to a voltage regulator module having VID capabilities. The voltage regulator module generates supply Vdd and/or body bias Vbb voltages according to a selected VID code. The value of the supply Vdd and/or body bias Vbb voltages generated and applied to the PLD determine the operating characteristics of the PLD. The VID codes can be provided and stored in various ways: by an addressable lookup table (LUT) integrated with the PLD, by a memory device in which the VID codes are transferred from an external memory. The VID codes may also be self-generated by auto-detect circuitry integrated with the PLD. The ability to select a particular VID code for each individual PLD allows the user to optimize operational characteristics of the device to satisfy power and/or performance requirements.

    摘要翻译: 可编程逻辑器件(PLD)向具有VID功能的电压调节器模块提供电压识别(VID)代码。 电压调节器模块根据选定的VID代码产生电源Vdd和/或体偏置Vbb电压。 生成并施加到PLD的电源Vdd和/或体偏置Vbb电压的值确定PLD的操作特性。 可以以各种方式提供和存储VID代码:通过与PLD集成的可寻址查找表(LUT),其中VID代码从外部存储器传送的存储器件。 VID代码也可以通过与PLD集成的自动检测电路自行生成。 为每个独立PLD选择特定VID代码的能力允许用户优化设备的操作特性以满足功率和/或性能要求。

    Multi-Terminal Phase Change Devices
    10.
    发明申请
    Multi-Terminal Phase Change Devices 有权
    多端相变装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120182794A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-19

    申请号:US13433039

    申请日:2012-03-28

    IPC分类号: G11C11/00

    摘要: Phase change devices, particularly multi-terminal phase change devices, include first and second active terminals bridged together by a phase-change material whose conductivity can be modified in accordance with a control signal applied to a control electrode. Structure allows application in which an electrical connection can be created between two active terminals, with control of the connection being effected using a separate terminal or terminals Accordingly, the resistance of the heater element can be increased independently from the resistance of the path between the two active terminals, allowing use of smaller heater elements thus requiring less current to create the same amount of Joule heating per unit area. The resistance of the heating element does not impact the total resistance of the phase change device. Programming control can be placed outside of main signal path through the phase change device, reducing impact of associated capacitance and resistance of the device.

    摘要翻译: 相变装置,特别是多端子相变装置,包括通过相变材料桥接在一起的第一和第二有源端子,其中导电性可以根据施加到控制电极的控制信号进行修改。 结构允许应用,其中可以在两个有源端子之间产生电连接,并且使用单独的端子或端子来实现连接的控制。因此,加热器元件的电阻可以独立于两者之间的路径的电阻而增加 有源端子,允许使用较小的加热器元件,因此需要更少的电流以在每单位面积上产生相同量的焦耳加热。 加热元件的电阻不影响相变装置的总电阻。 编程控制可以通过相变装置放置在主信号路径之外,减少相关电容和器件电阻的影响。