IP Library Granted Patent US 5,596,522
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US 5,596,522 · App. 08/510,400

Homogeneous compositions of microcrystalline semiconductor material, semiconductor devices and directly overwritable memory elements fabricated therefrom, and arrays fabricated from the memory elements

Inventors: Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Stephen J. Hudgens, David Strand, Wolodymyr Czubatyj, Jesus Gonzalez-Hernandez, Hellmut Fritzsche, Quiyi Ye, Sergey Kostylev, Benjamin Chao
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Granted: Jan 21, 1997 Filed: Aug 2, 1995
Inventors
Stanford R. Ovshinsky
Stephen J. Hudgens
David Strand
Wolodymyr Czubatyj
Jesus Gonzalez-Hernandez
Hellmut Fritzsche
Quiyi Ye
Sergey Kostylev
Benjamin Chao
Assignee (at issue)
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

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Patent No.
US 5,596,522
App. No.
08/510,400
Filed
1995-08-02
Granted
1997-01-21
Kind
A