US 12,341,510 B2
Logic gates and stateful logic using phase change memory
Shahar Kvatinsky, Haifa (IL); Barak Hoffer, Haifa (IL); Eilam Yalon, Haifa (IL); and Nicolas Wainstein, Haifa (IL)
Assigned to Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited, Haifa (IL)
Appl. No. 17/916,816
Filed by Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited, Haifa (IL)
PCT Filed Apr. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IL2021/050403
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/205456, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/006,114, filed on Apr. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0155590 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H03K 19/02 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC H03K 19/02 (2013.01) [G11C 13/0004 (2013.01); G11C 13/0069 (2013.01); G11C 13/0097 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0092 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A logic gate comprising at least two phase change memory—PCM—cells, said at least two PCM cells having a high resistance phase and a low resistance phase, said at least two PCM cells being connected at a common connection and further the logic gate having at least one gate input for an input logic state, wherein a logic output for the logic gate comprises a phase of an output one of said at least two phase change memory cells, the phase of the output one of said at least two phase change memory cells forming the logic output following provision of said input logic state at said gate input, the logic gate being configured to react to a set pulse and a reset pulse as logic input pulses, wherein the set pulse is configured to raise a temperature of the cell to a crystallization temperature and the reset pulse is configured to raise the temperature of the cell to a melting temperature, wherein the at least two PCM cells comprise three PCM cells, said three PCM cells being connected between respective inputs and said common connection, said common connection being connected to a resistance.