ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,376, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).
"Piezoelectric memory" was invented by Guy M. Cohen (Ossining, N.Y.), Takashi Ando (Eastchester, N.Y.) and Nanbo Gong (White Plains, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-volatile memory apparatus includes a first hydrogen reservoir, which is electrically conductive; a charge of hydrogen, which is captured in the first hydrogen reservoir; a dielectric layer that has a first side that is adjacent to the first hydrogen reservoir and a second side that is opposite from the first hydrogen reservoir; a second hydrogen reservoir that is adjace...