ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,018, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd. (Haifa, Israel).
"Apparatus and method for ultra-fast crystallization in phase-change RF switches" was invented by Shahar Kvatinsky (Haifa, Israel), Nicolas Wainstein (Haifa, Israel) and Eilam Yalon (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An indirectly heated phase change switch (IPCS) for radio frequency (RF) switching, comprises two RF ports and an RF path therebetween, a phase change material (PCM) located between the RF ports, an embedded heater separated from the PCM by a dielectric layer, the embedded heater configured to provide the...