US Patent Issued to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY on Jan. 13 for "Lateral programmable metallization cell devices" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,236, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Lateral programmable metallization cell devices" was invented by Michael Kozicki (Phoenix), Ninad Chamele (Tempe, Ariz.) and Mehmet Balaban (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lateral programmable metallization cells may comprise a solid electrolyte layer, an anode coupled to the solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode coupled to the solid electrolyte layer. Exemplary solid electrolyte layers may comprise a first layer comprising an oxide electrolyte and a copper species and a second layer comprising at leas...