ELEKTRISCHES BAUELEMENT MIT EINER SCHICHT AUS PHASENWECHSEL-MATERIAL UND VERFAHREN ZUR SEINER HERSTELLUNG

摘要

The electric device ( 100 ) has a body ( 102 ) having a resistor ( 107 ) comprising a phase change material being changeable between a first phase and a second phase. The resistor ( 107 ) has a first electrical resistance when the phase change material is in the first phase, and a second electrical resistance, different from the first electrical resistance, when the phase change material is in the second phase. The phase change material constitutes a conductive path between a first contact area and a second contact area. A cross-section of the conductive path is smaller than the first contact area and the second contact area. The body ( 102 ) may further have a heating element 106 being able to conduct a current for enabling a transition from the first phase to the second phase. The heating element ( 106 ) is preferably arranged in parallel with the resistor ( 107 ).