Patents by Inventor Jen-Ren Hung

Jen-Ren Hung 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).

  • Patent number: 7106623
    Abstract: A phase-change multi-level memory cell is described, including a semiconductor substrate, a gate structure, two S/D regions, and two phase-change storing units electrically connected to the two S/D regions respectively. One phase-change storing unit can be programmed to one of many phases having different electrical resistances, and combination variations of the phases of the two phase-change storing units generate different read currents corresponding to 2n n-bit data values (n?2). To program the cell, the phase of each phase-change storing unit is changed to one of the many phases mentioned above, so that the phase combination of the two phase-change storing units corresponds to a predetermined data value. In addition, when reading the memory cell, the read current is measured to obtain the data value stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jen-Ren Hung, Erh-Kun Lai