US 12,144,269 B2
Thermal field controlled electrical conductivity change device
Liang Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Zhichao Lu, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Hefei Reliance Memory Limited, Hefei (CN)
Filed by HEFEI RELIANCE MEMORY LIMITED, Hefei (CN)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/948,712.
Application 17/948,712 is a division of application No. 16/789,955, filed on Feb. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,489,116.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/809,434, filed on Feb. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0018760 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H10N 70/00 (2023.01); H10B 63/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10N 70/8613 (2023.02) [H10B 63/80 (2023.02); H10N 70/826 (2023.02); H10N 70/841 (2023.02); H10N 70/8833 (2023.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal switch, comprising:
a metal-insulator-transition (MIT) material;
first and second terminals electrically coupled to the MIT material;
a heater disposed near the MIT material; and
an electrical insulator encasing the heater.