US Patent Issued to Kioxia on Feb. 17 for "Switching element and storage device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,560, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).

"Switching element and storage device" was invented by Shogo Itai (Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuya Matsuzawa (Kamakura Kanagawa, Japan), Masahiko Nakayama (Kuwana Mie, Japan), Hiroyuki Kanaya (Yokkaichi Mie, Japan) and Hideyuki Sugiyama (Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching element includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a switching material layer provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer and formed of an insulating material containing an additional element. The switching material ...