Patents by Inventor Aravinthan Athmanathan

Aravinthan Athmanathan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Memory device and method for thermoelectric heat confinement
    Patent number: 9548110
    Abstract: A memory device for thermoelectric heat confinement and method for producing same. The memory device includes a plurality of phase-change memory cells, wherein each of the phase-change memory cells has a first electrode, a second electrode and a phase-change material. The first electrode and the phase-change material are arranged such that a surface normal of a dominating interface for a current flow between the first electrode and the phase-change material points on one side to the phase-change material of the phase-change memory cell and on an opposite side to a phase-change material of a neighboring phase-change memory cell. A method for producing a memory device for thermoelectric heat confinement is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aravinthan Athmanathan, Daniel Krebs
  • MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THERMOELECTRIC HEAT CONFINEMENT
    Publication number: 20160104529
    Abstract: A memory device for thermoelectric heat confinement and method for producing same. The memory device includes a plurality of phase-change memory cells, wherein each of the phase-change memory cells has a first electrode, a second electrode and a phase-change material. The first electrode and the phase-change material are arranged such that a surface normal of a dominating interface for a current flow between the first electrode and the phase-change material points on one side to the phase-change material of the phase-change memory cell and on an opposite side to a phase-change material of a neighboring phase-change memory cell. A method for producing a memory device for thermoelectric heat confinement is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Aravinthan Athmanathan, Daniel Krebs