Patents by Inventor Wilko Baks

Wilko Baks 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).

  • Electric device comprising phase change material and heating element
    Patent number: 8174877
    Abstract: An electric device has a resistor including a phase change material changeable between a first phase and a second phase within a switching zone. The resistor has a first resistance when the phase change material is in the first phase and a different second resistance, when the phase change material is in the second phase. The resistor may conduct a first current. The device has a heating element that may conduct a second current for enabling a transition of the phase change material from the first to the second phase. At the position of the switching zone, the resistor is arranged as a first line and the heating element is arranged as a second line. The first and second line may conduct the first current and the second current respectively, wherein the first line and the second line cross at the position of the switching zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Wilko Baks
  • ELECTRIC DEVICE COMPRISING PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL AND HEATING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20100188892
    Abstract: An electric device has a resistor including a phase change material changeable between a first phase and a second phase within a switching zone. The resistor has a first resistance when the phase change material is in the first phase and a different second resistance, when the phase change material is in the second phase. The resistor may conduct a first current. The device has a heating element that may conduct a second current for enabling a transition of the phase change material from the first to the second phase. At the position of the switching zone, the resistor is arranged as a first line and the heating element is arranged as a second line. The first and second line may conduct the first current and the second current respectively, wherein the first line and the second line cross at the position of the switching zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Wilko Baks