Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Kwon

Thomas J. Kwon 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 cell that includes a carbon-based reversible resistance switching element compatible with a steering element, and methods of forming the same
    Patent number: 8481396
    Abstract: Memory cells, and methods of forming such memory cells, are provided that include a steering element coupled to a carbon-based reversible resistivity switching material that has an increased resistivity, and a switching current that is less than a maximum current capability of the steering element used to control current flow through the carbon-based reversible resistivity switching material. In particular embodiments, methods and apparatus in accordance with this invention form a steering element, such as a diode, having a first cross-sectional area, coupled to a reversible resistivity switching material, such as aC, having a region that has a second cross-sectional area smaller than the first cross-sectional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: SanDisk 3D LLC
    Inventors: Huiwen Xu, Er-Xuan Ping, Xiying Costa, Thomas J. Kwon
  • MEMORY CELL THAT INCLUDES A CARBON-BASED REVERSIBLE RESISTANCE SWITCHING ELEMENT COMPATIBLE WITH A STEERING ELEMENT, AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110095258
    Abstract: Memory cells, and methods of forming such memory cells, are provided that include a steering element coupled to a carbon-based reversible resistivity switching material that has an increased resistivity, and a switching current that is less than a maximum current capability of the steering element used to control current flow through the carbon-based reversible resistivity switching material. In particular embodiments, methods and apparatus in accordance with this invention form a steering element, such as a diode, having a first cross-sectional area, coupled to a reversible resistivity switching material, such as aC, having a region that has a second cross-sectional area smaller than the first cross-sectional area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Huiwen Xu, Er-Xuan Ping, Xiying Costa, Thomas J. Kwon