Patents by Inventor Chuck Thuc Le

Chuck Thuc Le 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).

  • Publication number: 20090135640
    Abstract: An electromigration-programmable semiconductor device may be programmed to increase the resistance or to decrease the resistance by selecting the amount of current passed through the electromigration-programmable semiconductor device. The electromigration-programmable semiconductor device comprises an anode, a cathode, and a link, each having a semiconductor portion and a metal semiconductor alloy portion. The metal semiconductor alloy portion of the link comprises two disjoined sub-portions with a gap therebetween. A low programming current fills the gap by electromigrating a small amount of metal semiconductor alloy from the cathode, A high programming current forms a large metal-semiconductor-alloy-deleted area in the cathode to increase the resistance. A tri-state programming is achieved by selecting the programming current level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Deok-Kee Kim, Chuck Thuc Le, Byeongju Park