Abstract: A phase change memory cell including: a first layer in a phase change material; a heating element located under the first layer; a second insulating layer coating a side of the heating element; and a third insulating layer interposed between the first and second layers, in a material having a density higher than that of the material of the second layer.

Abstract: A phase change memory cell including: a first layer in a phase change material; a heating element located under the first layer; a second insulating layer coating a side of the heating element; and first stack comprising a third encapsulation layer coating the side faces of the second layer and a fourth encapsulation layer coating the third layer and being in a material having a lower density than that of the material of the third layer.

Abstract: A method for programming a phase change memory including a first layer of a phase change material capable of switching between a crystalline and an amorphous state and vice versa, the method including applying a programming current through the first layer so that an evolution of the areal density of this current as a function of time t decreases from a first level, between a first time and a second time, following a first evolution in time respecting, or being close to J 0 ? ( t ) = K t where K is a constant.

Abstract: A phase change memory device comprising, between first and second electrodes: a first layer of a phase change material; and a second germanium nitride-based layer, in contact with the first layer, the nitrogen percentage in the second layer being between 20% and 35%, and the second layer having a channel of the phase change material of the first layer passing through it.

Abstract: A method for programming a phase change memory including a first layer of a phase change material capable of switching between a crystalline and an amorphous state and vice versa, the method including applying a programming current through the first layer so that an evolution of the areal density of this current as a function of time t decreases from a first level, between a first time and a second time, following a first evolution in time respecting, or being close to J 0 ? ( t ) = K t where K is a constant.

Abstract: A planar photodiode array including a useful layer made of CdxHg1-xTe. The useful layer includes at least two superimposed doped layers, each interface between two doped layers forming a single PN junction; the useful layer has at least one separation region, extending from the upper face of the useful layer, and separating at least two useful volumes while going through the PN junction; and beyond a predetermined depth in the useful layer, the average cadmium concentration in the useful volumes is less than the average cadmium concentration in the separation region.

Abstract: A photodiodes array includes a useful layer made of CdxHg1-xTe; first doped zones each forming a PN junction with a second doped zone surrounding the first doped zones. The array includes regions located between two PN junctions, with a cadmium concentration gradient decreasing from the upper face to the lower face of the useful layer. A method of making such a photodiodes array includes producing, on the upper face of the useful layer, of a structured layer with at least one through opening, and with a cadmium concentration higher than the cadmium concentration in the useful layer; annealing the useful layer covered by the structured layer, with diffusion of cadmium atoms of the structured layer, from the structured layer to the useful layer; producing at least two PN junctions in the useful layer.

Abstract: A planar photodiode array including a useful layer made of CdxHg1-xTe. The useful layer includes at least two superimposed doped layers, each interface between two doped layers forming a single PN junction; the useful layer has at least one separation region, extending from the upper face of the useful layer, and separating at least two useful volumes while going through the PN junction; and beyond a predetermined depth in the useful layer, the average cadmium concentration in the useful volumes is less than the average cadmium concentration in the separation region.

Abstract: A photodiodes array includes a useful layer made of CdxHg1-xTe; the first doped zones each forming a PN junction with a second doped zone surrounding the first doped zones. The array includes regions located between two PN junctions, with a cadmium concentration gradient decreasing from the upper face to the lower face of the useful layer. A method of making such a photodiodes array includes producing, on the upper face of the useful layer, of a structured layer with at least one through opening, and with a cadmium concentration higher than the cadmium concentration in the useful layer; annealing the useful layer covered by the structured layer, with diffusion of cadmium atoms of the structured layer, from the structured layer to the useful layer; producing at least two PN junctions in the useful layer.

Abstract: A chamber for annealing a semi-conductor material of II-VI type having a first area for storing an element of group II of the periodic table and a second area designed to receive the semi-conductor material of II-VI type. The chamber s equipped with a separating partition at the level of an intermediate area. This separating partition is provided with a passage aperture equipped with gas anti-reverse flow means to ensure one-way passage of the element of group II of the periodic table, in vapor phase, from the first area to the second area. This chamber is heated by heating means enabling the two areas to be heated independently.

Abstract: A chamber for annealing a semi-conductor material of II-VI type having a first area for storing an element of group II of the periodic table and a second area designed to receive the semi-conductor material of II-VI type. The chamber s equipped with a separating partition at the level of an intermediate area. This separating partition is provided with a passage aperture equipped with gas anti-reverse flow means to ensure one-way passage of the element of group II of the periodic table, in vapor phase, from the first area to the second area. This chamber is heated by heating means enabling the two areas to be heated independently.