Patent ID: 9472281
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G11C

Claim Text:
1. A method for recording one or more bits in at least one memory cell, comprising: applying a current to a channel layer of the at least one memory cell; activating a gate of the at least one memory cell by applying a voltage to the gate of the at least one memory cell; upon activating the gate, depleting the channel layer in order to channel the current from the channel layer into a recording layer of the at least one memory cell, wherein the recording layer is in a first resistance state; and transforming at least one portion of the recording layer from the first resistance state to a second resistance state in order to write one or more bits into the recording layer, wherein the first resistance state and the second resistance state are different, and wherein at least one of a size or shape of the at least one transformed portion of the recording layer is controlled, in part, by the voltage applied to the gate and the current applied into the channel layer.