DE60032129D1 - Elektrisch programmierbares speicherelement mit verbesserten kontakten - Google Patents

Elektrisch programmierbares speicherelement mit verbesserten kontakten

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DE60032129D1
DE60032129D1 DE60032129T DE60032129T DE60032129D1 DE 60032129 D1 DE60032129 D1 DE 60032129D1 DE 60032129 T DE60032129 T DE 60032129T DE 60032129 T DE60032129 T DE 60032129T DE 60032129 D1 DE60032129 D1 DE 60032129D1
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electrically programmable
programmable storage
improved contacts
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Tyler Lowrey
R Ovshinsky
C Wicker
J Klersy
Boil Pashmakov
Wolodymyr Czubatyj
Sergey Kostylev
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    • G11C11/00—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
    • G11C11/56—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency
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    • G11C11/5678—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency using amorphous/crystalline phase transition storage elements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H10B—ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES
    • H10B63/00—Resistance change memory devices, e.g. resistive RAM [ReRAM] devices
    • H10B63/30—Resistance change memory devices, e.g. resistive RAM [ReRAM] devices comprising selection components having three or more electrodes, e.g. transistors
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    • H10B63/00—Resistance change memory devices, e.g. resistive RAM [ReRAM] devices
    • H10B63/80—Arrangements comprising multiple bistable or multi-stable switching components of the same type on a plane parallel to the substrate, e.g. cross-point arrays
    • H10B63/82—Arrangements comprising multiple bistable or multi-stable switching components of the same type on a plane parallel to the substrate, e.g. cross-point arrays the switching components having a common active material layer
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    • H10N70/00—Solid-state devices having no potential barriers, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
    • H10N70/011—Manufacture or treatment of multistable switching devices
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    • H10N70/061—Shaping switching materials
    • H10N70/063—Shaping switching materials by etching of pre-deposited switching material layers, e.g. lithography
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    • H10N70/20—Multistable switching devices, e.g. memristors
    • H10N70/231—Multistable switching devices, e.g. memristors based on solid-state phase change, e.g. between amorphous and crystalline phases, Ovshinsky effect
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    • H10N70/821—Device geometry
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    • H10N70/826—Device geometry adapted for essentially vertical current flow, e.g. sandwich or pillar type devices
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    • H10N70/881—Switching materials
    • H10N70/882—Compounds of sulfur, selenium or tellurium, e.g. chalcogenides
    • H10N70/8828—Tellurides, e.g. GeSbTe
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C13/00—Digital stores characterised by the use of storage elements not covered by groups G11C11/00, G11C23/00, or G11C25/00
    • G11C13/0002—Digital stores characterised by the use of storage elements not covered by groups G11C11/00, G11C23/00, or G11C25/00 using resistive RAM [RRAM] elements
    • G11C13/0004—Digital stores characterised by the use of storage elements not covered by groups G11C11/00, G11C23/00, or G11C25/00 using resistive RAM [RRAM] elements comprising amorphous/crystalline phase transition cells

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US09/276,273 US6969866B1 (en) 1997-10-01 1999-03-25 Electrically programmable memory element with improved contacts
US276273 1999-03-25
PCT/US2000/007666 WO2000057498A1 (en) 1999-03-25 2000-03-22 Electrically programmable memory element with improved contacts

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US (2) US6815705B2 (de)
EP (2) EP1760797A1 (de)
JP (1) JP4558950B2 (de)
KR (1) KR100441692B1 (de)
CN (1) CN1210819C (de)
AU (1) AU3769900A (de)
BR (1) BR0009308A (de)
CA (1) CA2367365A1 (de)
DE (1) DE60032129T2 (de)
MX (1) MXPA01009609A (de)
NO (1) NO20014633D0 (de)
TW (1) TW475262B (de)
WO (1) WO2000057498A1 (de)

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