US Patent Issued to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES on Feb. 18 for "Two-terminal metastable mixed-conductor memristive devices" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,652, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Two-terminal metastable mixed-conductor memristive devices" was invented by Kevin W. Brew (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Talia S. Gershon (White Plains, N.Y.), Seyoung Kim (Pohang, South Korea) and Jerry D. Tersoff (Rockland, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for setting a resistance include applying a voltage across a memristive device, that exceeds a threshold based on a difference in chemical potential between a first material and a second material, to change a resistance of the memristive device. The memristive device includes a barrier l...