US Patent Issued to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia on Oct. 14 for "Electrochemical random access memory device with contact layer as a heat source" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,479, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Electrochemical random access memory device with contact layer as a heat source" was invented by Elliot James Fuller (Livermore, Calif.) and Albert Alec Talin (Dublin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies related to an electrochemical random access memory (ECRAM) device are described herein. The ECRAM device includes a channel layer, an electrolyte layer, a reservoir layer, and a conductive contact layer, where the conductive contact layer is in contact with the reservoir layer. A voltage source is cou...