ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,186, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TetraMem Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Multi-step programming schemes for programming crossbar circuits" was invented by Gong Lei (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for programming crossbar circuits are provided. The methods include initializing a word line voltage, a bit line voltage, and a select voltage applied to a cross-point device of the crossbar circuit. The methods further include raising the word line voltage without changing the bit line voltage. The bit line voltage may be raised without changing the word line voltage applied to the cross-point device. The word li...