Patents by Inventor Rene Meyer

Rene Meyer 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: 20120211716
    Abstract: A memory device having at least one layer of oxygen ion implanted conductive metal oxide (CMO) is disclosed. The oxygen ion implanted CMO includes mobile oxygen ions. The oxygen ion implanted CMO can be annealed and the annealing can optionally occur in an ambient. An insulating metal oxide (IMO) layer is in direct contact with the oxygenated CMO layer and is electrically in series with the oxygenated CMO layer. A two-terminal memory element is formed by the IMO and CMO layers. The oxygenated CMO layer includes additional mobile oxygen ions operative to improve data retention and cycling of the two-terminal memory element. As deposited, the CMO layer can lose mobile oxygen ions during the fabrication process and the ion implantation serves to increase a quantity of mobile oxygen ions in the CMO layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rene Meyer
  • Publication number: 20120200022
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fletching device for adhesively bonding arrow feathers onto arrow shafts and quarrels, comprising a base plate (9) having a support for the nock of an arrow, retaining rods (8) extending upward the refrom at a distance from each other, an upper cover plate (12) having a passage opening directing upward and a centering means for the shaft of an arrow (1), and retaining clamps (3) arranged on the retaining rods (8) for the arrow feathers to be adhesively bonded. The fletching device is characterized in that the centering means for the arrow shaft is similar to the chuck (7) of a drilling machine or comprises an adapted chuck (7) of a drilling machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventor: Paul-René Meyer
  • Publication number: 20120043521
    Abstract: A memory cell including a memory element comprising an electrolytic insulator in contact with a conductive metal oxide (CMO) is disclosed. The CMO includes a crystalline structure and can comprise a pyrochlore oxide, a conductive binary oxide, a multiple B-site perovskite, and a Ruddlesden-Popper structure. The CMO includes mobile ions that can be transported to/from the electrolytic insulator in response to an electric field of appropriate magnitude and direction generated by a write voltage applied across the electrolytic insulator and CMO. The memory cell can include a non-ohmic device (NOD) that is electrically in series with the memory element. The memory cell can be positioned between a cross-point of conductive array lines in a two-terminal cross-point memory array in a single layer of memory or multiple vertically stacked layers of memory that are fabricated over a substrate that includes active circuitry for data operations on the array layer(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: LAWRENCE SCHLOSS, JULIE CASPERSON BREWER, WAYNE KINNEY, RENE MEYER
  • Publication number: 20120037879
    Abstract: An ion barrier layer made from a dielectric material in contact with an electronically insulating layer is operative to prevent mobile ions transported into the electronically insulating layer from passing through the ion barrier layer and into adjacent layers during data operations on a non-volatile memory cell. A conductive oxide layer in contact with the electronically insulating layer is the source of the mobile ions. A programming data operation is operative to transport a portion of the mobile ions into the electronically insulating layer and an erase data operation is operative to transport the mobile ions back into the conductive oxide layer. When the portion is positioned in the electronically insulating layer the memory cell stores data as a programmed conductivity profile and when a substantial majority of the mobile ions are positioned in the conductive oxide layer the memory cell stores data as an erased conductivity profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: LAWRENCE SCHLOSS, RENE MEYER, WAYNE KINNEY, ROY LAMBERTSON, JULIE CASPERSON BREWER
  • Publication number: 20120026780
    Abstract: A memory cell including a memory element comprising an electrolytic insulator in contact with a conductive metal oxide (CMO) is disclosed. The CMO includes a crystalline structure and can comprise a pyrochlore oxide, a conductive binary oxide, a multiple B-site perovskite, and a Ruddlesden-Popper structure. The CMO includes mobile ions that can be transported to/from the electrolytic insulator in response to an electric field of appropriate magnitude and direction generated by a write voltage applied across the electrolytic insulator and CMO. The memory cell can include a non-ohmic device (NOD) that is electrically in series with the memory element. The memory cell can be positioned between a cross-point of conductive array lines in a two-terminal cross-point memory array in a single layer of memory or multiple vertically stacked layers of memory that are fabricated over a substrate that includes active circuitry for data operations on the array layer(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: LAWRENCE SCHLOSS, JULIE CASPERSON BREWER, WAYNE KINNEY, RENE MEYER
  • Publication number: 20110315948
    Abstract: Memory cell formation using ion implant isolated conductive metal oxide is disclosed, including forming a bottom electrode below unetched conductive metal oxide layer(s), forming the unetched conductive metal oxide layer(s) including depositing at least one layer of a conductive metal oxide (CMO) material (e.g., PrCaMnOx, LaSrCoOx, LaNiOx, etc.) over the bottom electrode. At least one portion of the layer of CMO is configured to act as a memory element without etching, and performing ion implantation on portions of the layer(s) of CMO to create insulating metal oxide (IMO) regions in the layer(s) of CMO. The IMO regions are positioned adjacent to electrically conductive CMO regions in the unetched layer(s) of CMO and the electrically conductive CMO regions are disposed above and in contact with the bottom electrode and form memory elements operative to store non-volatile data as a plurality of conductivity profiles (e.g., resistive states indicative of stored data).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: DARRELL RINERSON, JONATHAN BORNSTEIN, DAVID HANSEN, ROBIN CHEUNG, STEVEN W. LONGCOR, RENE MEYER, LAWRENCE SCHLOSS
  • Publication number: 20110315943
    Abstract: Memory cell formation using ion implant isolated conductive metal oxide is disclosed, including forming a bottom electrode below un-etched conductive metal oxide layer(s), forming the un-etched conductive metal oxide layer(s) including depositing at least one layer of a conductive metal oxide (CMO) material (e.g., PrCaMnOx, LaSrCoOx, LaNiOx, etc.) over the bottom electrode. At least one portion of the layer of CMO is configured to act as a memory element without etching, and performing ion implantation on portions of the layer(s) of CMO to create insulating metal oxide (IMO) regions in the layer(s) of CMO. The IMO regions are positioned adjacent to electrically conductive CMO regions in the un-etched layer(s) of CMO and the electrically conductive CMO regions are disposed above and in contact with the bottom electrode and form memory elements operative to store non-volatile data as a plurality of conductivity profiles (e.g., resistive states indicative of stored data).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: DARRELL RINERSON, JONATHAN BORNSTEIN, DAVID HANSEN, ROBIN CHEUNG, STEVEN W. LONGCOR, RENE MEYER, LAWRENCE SCHLOSS
  • Patent number: 8058643
    Abstract: Non-volatile resistance change memories, systems, arrangements and associated methods are implemented in a variety of embodiments. According to one embodiment, a memory cell having two sections with outwardly-facing portions, the outwardly-facing portions electrically coupled to electrodes is implemented. The memory cell has an ionic barrier between the two sections. The two sections and the ionic barrier facilitate movement of ions from one of the two sections to the other of the two sections in response to a first voltage differential across the outwardly-facing portions. The two sections and the ionic barrier diminish movement of ions from the one of the two sections to the other of the two sections in response to another voltage differential across the outwardly-facing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Rene Meyer, Paul C. McIntyre
  • Patent number: 8045364
    Abstract: An ion barrier layer made from a dielectric material in contact with an electronically insulating layer is operative to prevent mobile ions transported into the electronically insulating layer from passing through the ion barrier layer and into adjacent layers during data operations on a non-volatile memory cell. A conductive oxide layer in contact with the electronically insulating layer is the source of the mobile ions. A programming data operation is operative to transport a portion of the mobile ions into the electronically insulating layer and an erase data operation is operative to transport the mobile ions back into the conductive oxide layer. When the portion is positioned in the electronically insulating layer the memory cell stores data as a programmed conductivity profile and when a substantial majority of the mobile ions are positioned in the conductive oxide layer the memory cell stores data as an erased conductivity profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Inventors: Lawrence Schloss, Rene Meyer, Wayne Kinney, Roy Lambertson, Julie Casperson Brewer
  • Patent number: 8031510
    Abstract: An ion barrier layer made from a dielectric material in contact with an electronically insulating layer is operative to prevent mobile ions transported into the electronically insulating layer from passing through the ion barrier layer and into adjacent layers during data operations on a non-volatile memory cell. A conductive oxide layer in contact with the electronically insulating layer is the source of the mobile ions. A programming data operation is operative to transport a portion of the mobile ions into the electronically insulating layer and an erase data operation is operative to transport the mobile ions back into the conductive oxide layer. When the portion is positioned in the electronically insulating layer the memory cell stores data as a programmed conductivity profile and when a substantial majority of the mobile ions are positioned in the conductive oxide layer the memory cell stores data as an erased conductivity profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Inventors: Lawrence Schloss, Rene Meyer, Wayne Kinney, Roy Lambertson, Julie Casperson Brewer
  • Patent number: 8031509
    Abstract: A memory cell including a memory element comprising an electrolytic insulator in contact with a conductive metal oxide (CMO) is disclosed. The CMO includes a crystalline structure and can comprise a pyrochlore oxide, a conductive binary oxide, a multiple B-site perovskite, and a Ruddlesden-Popper structure. The CMO includes mobile ions that can be transported to/from the electrolytic insulator in response to an electric field of appropriate magnitude and direction generated by a write voltage applied across the electrolytic insulator and CMO. The memory cell can include a non-ohmic device (NOD) that is electrically in series with the memory element. The memory cell can be positioned between a cross-point of conductive array lines in a two-terminal cross-point memory array in a single layer of memory or multiple vertically stacked layers of memory that are fabricated over a substrate that includes active circuitry for data operations on the array layer(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Inventors: Lawrence Schloss, Julie Casperson Brewer, Wayne Kinney, Rene Meyer
  • Patent number: 8003511
    Abstract: Memory cell formation using ion implant isolated conductive metal oxide is disclosed, including forming a bottom electrode below unetched conductive metal oxide layer(s), forming the unetched conductive metal oxide layer(s) including depositing at least one layer of a conductive metal oxide (CMO) material (e.g., PrCaMnOX, LaSrCoOX, LaNiOX, etc.) over the bottom electrode. At least one portion of the layer of CMO is configured to act as a memory element without etching, and performing ion implantation on portions of the layer(s) of CMO to create insulating metal oxide (IMO) regions in the layer(s) of CMO. The IMO regions are positioned adjacent to electrically conductive CMO regions in the unetched layer(s) of CMO and the electrically conductive CMO regions are disposed above and in contact with the bottom electrode and form memory elements operative to store non-volatile data as a plurality of conductivity profiles (e.g., resistive states indicative of stored data).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Inventors: Darrell Rinerson, Jonathan Bornstein, Robin Cheung, David Hansen, Steven W. Longcor, Rene Meyer, Lawrence Schloss
  • Publication number: 20110149634
    Abstract: An ion barrier layer made from a dielectric material in contact with an electronically insulating layer is operative to prevent mobile ions transported into the electronically insulating layer from passing through the ion barrier layer and into adjacent layers during data operations on a non-volatile memory cell. A conductive oxide layer in contact with the electronically insulating layer is the source of the mobile ions. A programming data operation is operative to transport a portion of the mobile ions into the electronically insulating layer and an erase data operation is operative to transport the mobile ions back into the conductive oxide layer. When the portion is positioned in the electronically insulating layer the memory cell stores data as a programmed conductivity profile and when a substantial majority of the mobile ions are positioned in the conductive oxide layer the memory cell stores data as an erased conductivity profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence Schloss, Rene Meyer, Wayne Kinney, Roy Lambertson, Julie Casperson Brewer
  • Publication number: 20110149636
    Abstract: An ion barrier layer made from a dielectric material in contact with an electronically insulating layer is operative to prevent mobile ions transported into the electronically insulating layer from passing through the ion barrier layer and into adjacent layers during data operations on a non-volatile memory cell. A conductive oxide layer in contact with the electronically insulating layer is the source of the mobile ions. A programming data operation is operative to transport a portion of the mobile ions into the electronically insulating layer and an erase data operation is operative to transport the mobile ions back into the conductive oxide layer. When the portion is positioned in the electronically insulating layer the memory cell stores data as a programmed conductivity profile and when a substantial majority of the mobile ions are positioned in the conductive oxide layer the memory cell stores data as an erased conductivity profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence Schloss, Rene Meyer, Wayne Kinney, Roy Lamberston, Julie Casperson Brewer
  • Publication number: 20100157658
    Abstract: A memory cell including a memory element comprising an electrolytic insulator in contact with a conductive metal oxide (CMO) is disclosed. The CMO includes a crystalline structure and can comprise a pyrochlore oxide, a conductive binary oxide, a multiple B-site perovskite, and a Ruddlesden-Popper structure. The CMO includes mobile ions that can be transported to/from the electrolytic insulator in response to an electric field of appropriate magnitude and direction generated by a write voltage applied across the electrolytic insulator and CMO. The memory cell can include a non-ohmic device (NOD) that is electrically in series with the memory element. The memory cell can be positioned between a cross-point of conductive array lines in a two-terminal cross-point memory array in a single layer of memory or multiple vertically stacked layers of memory that are fabricated over a substrate that includes active circuitry for data operations on the array layer(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence Schloss, Julie Casperson Brewer, Wayne Kinney, Rene Meyer
  • Publication number: 20100159641
    Abstract: Memory cell formation using ion implant isolated conductive metal oxide is disclosed, including forming a bottom electrode below unetched conductive metal oxide layer(s), forming the unetched conductive metal oxide layer(s) including depositing at least one layer of a conductive metal oxide (CMO) material (e.g., PrCaMnOX, LaSrCoOX, LaNiOX, etc.) over the bottom electrode. At least one portion of the layer of CMO is configured to act as a memory element without etching, and performing ion implantation on portions of the layer(s) of CMO to create insulating metal oxide (IMO) regions in the layer(s) of CMO. The IMO regions are positioned adjacent to electrically conductive CMO regions in the unetched layer(s) of CMO and the electrically conductive CMO regions are disposed above and in contact with the bottom electrode and form memory elements operative to store non-volatile data as a plurality of conductivity profiles (e.g., resistive states indicative of stored data).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Darrell Rinerson, Jonathan Bornstein, David Hansen, Robin Cheung, Steven W. Longcor, Rene Meyer, Lawrence Schloss
  • Publication number: 20100155722
    Abstract: A memory device with band gap control is described. A memory cell can include a conductive oxide layer in contact with and electrically in series with an electronically insulating layer. A thickness of the electronically insulating layer is configured to increase from an initial thickness to a target thickness. The increased thickness of the electronically insulating layer can improve resistive memory effect, increase a magnitude of a read current during read operations, and lower barrier height with a concomitant reduction in band gap of the electronically insulating layer. The memory cell can include a memory element that comprises the conductive oxide layer and the electronically insulating layer and can optionally include a non-ohmic device (NOD). The memory cell can be positioned in a two-terminal cross-point array between a pair of conductive array lines across which voltages for data operations are applied. The memory cell and array can be fabricated BEOL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rene Meyer
  • Patent number: 7724562
    Abstract: Non-volatile resistance change memories, systems, arrangements and associated methods are implemented in a variety of embodiments. According to one embodiment, resistance-change memory devices are implemented having a pair of electrodes and an intervening electrochemical material. A heating element facilitates changes in resistance of the electrochemical material-region due to changes in ion distribution. The method is implemented without a process for forming a filament-like region in the electrochemical material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Rene Meyer, Paul C. McIntyre
  • Patent number: 7619268
    Abstract: Memory element consisting of an electrode (2), a ferroelectric layer (3) adjoining the latter, a layer (4) made from non-ferroelectric material adjoining the ferroelectric layer (3) and an electrode (5) adjoining the layer (4) made from non-ferroelectric material, wherein the ferroelectric layer is at least 10 nanometers thick, the electrical resistance, which is formed by the non-ferroelectric layer and the ferroelectric layer, depends upon the direction of polarization in the ferroelectric layer, and wherein the memory element comprises means for measuring the electrical resistance of the non-ferroelectric layer and the ferroelectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH
    Inventors: Herman Kohlstedt, Rene Meyer
  • Publication number: 20080106929
    Abstract: Non-volatile resistance change memories, systems, arrangements and associated methods are implemented in a variety of embodiments. According to one embodiment, resistance-change memory devices are implemented having a pair of electrodes and an intervening electrochemical material. A heating element facilitates changes in resistance of the electrochemical material-region due to changes in ion distribution. The method is implemented without a process for forming a filament-like region in the electrochemical material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Rene Meyer, Paul C. McIntyre