ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,435, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS (Crolles, France), STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS (Grenoble, France) and STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS (Rousset, France).
"Chip containing an onboard non-volatile memory comprising a phase-change material" was invented by Franck Arnaud (St. Nazaire les Eymes, France), David Galpin (Le Cheylas, France), Stephane Zoll (Froges, France), Olivier Hinsinger (Barraux, France), Laurent Favennec (Villard Bonnot, France), Jean-Pierre Oddou (Saint-Ismier, France), Lucile Broussous (Goncelin, France), Philippe Boivin (Venelles, France), Olivier Weber (Grenoble, France), Philippe Brun (Meylan, France) and Pierre...