US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on Sept. 1 for "Spike-timing-dependent plasticity using inverse resistivity phase-change material" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,396, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Spike-timing-dependent plasticity using inverse resistivity phase-change material" was invented by Guy M. Cohen (Ossining, N.Y.), Takashi Ando (Eastchester, N.Y.) and Nanbo Gong (White Plains, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for implementing spike-timing-dependent plasticity is provided. The device includes a phase-change element, first and second electrodes disposed respective first and second surfaces of the phase-change element. The phase-change element includes a phase-change material with an inverse resistivity characteris...