Abstract

Programmable devices and fabrication methods thereof are presented. The programmable devices include, for instance, a first electrode and a second electrode electrically con nected by a link portion. The link portion includes one material of a metal material or a semiconductor material and the first and second electrodes includes the other material of the metal material or the semiconductor material. For example, the link portion facilitates programming the pro grammable device by applying a programming current between the first electrode and the second electrode to facilitate migration of the one material of the link portion towards at least one of the first or second electrodes. In one embodiment, the programming current is configured to heat the link portion to facilitate the migration of the one material of the link portion towards the at least one of the first or second electrodes.

Metadata

publication

US Patent 9,691,497, 2017

year

2017

publication date

2017/6/27

authors

SK Patil, MH Chi, AP Jacob

link

https://patents.google.com/patent/US9691497B2/en

resource_link

https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/51/d8/06/e7720286738924/US9691497.pdf

inventors

Suraj K Patil, Min-Hwa Chi, Ajey P Jacob

patent_office

US

patent_number

9691497

application_number

14867331