Moonkyung M Kim

US Patent:

20120280301, Nov 8, 2012

Filed:

May 28, 2010

Appl. No.:

13/322379

Inventors:

Sandip Tiwari - Ithaca NY, US
Ravishankar Sundararaman - Ithaca NY, US
Sang Hyeon Lee - Ithaca NY, US
Moonkyung Kim - Ithaca NY, US

Assignee:

CORNELL UNIVERSITY - Ithaca NY

International Classification:

H01L 29/788
H01L 21/336

US Classification:

257315, 438257, 257E21422, 257E293

Abstract:

In one embodiment there is set forth a method comprising providing a semiconductor structure having an electrode, wherein the providing includes providing a phase transition material region and wherein the method further includes imparting energy to the phase transition material region to induce a phase transition of the phase transition material region. By inducing a phase transition of the phase transition material region, a state of the semiconductor structure can be changed. There is further set forth an apparatus comprising a structure including an electrode and a phase transition material region, wherein the apparatus is operative for imparting energy to the phase transition material region to induce a phase transition of the phase transition material region without the phase transition of the phase transition material region being dependent on electron transport through the phase transition material region.