GB1416644A - Electrical device incorporating a film of a n - Google Patents

Electrical device incorporating a film of a n

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GB1416644A
GB1416644A GB1247273A GB1247273A GB1416644A GB 1416644 A GB1416644 A GB 1416644A GB 1247273 A GB1247273 A GB 1247273A GB 1247273 A GB1247273 A GB 1247273A GB 1416644 A GB1416644 A GB 1416644A
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film
switching
aluminium
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International Business Machines Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02104—Forming layers
    • H01L21/02107—Forming insulating materials on a substrate
    • H01L21/02109—Forming insulating materials on a substrate characterised by the type of layer, e.g. type of material, porous/non-porous, pre-cursors, mixtures or laminates
    • H01L21/02112—Forming insulating materials on a substrate characterised by the type of layer, e.g. type of material, porous/non-porous, pre-cursors, mixtures or laminates characterised by the material of the layer
    • H01L21/02172—Forming insulating materials on a substrate characterised by the type of layer, e.g. type of material, porous/non-porous, pre-cursors, mixtures or laminates characterised by the material of the layer the material containing at least one metal element, e.g. metal oxides, metal nitrides, metal oxynitrides or metal carbides
    • H01L21/02175—Forming insulating materials on a substrate characterised by the type of layer, e.g. type of material, porous/non-porous, pre-cursors, mixtures or laminates characterised by the material of the layer the material containing at least one metal element, e.g. metal oxides, metal nitrides, metal oxynitrides or metal carbides characterised by the metal
    • H01L21/02178—Forming insulating materials on a substrate characterised by the type of layer, e.g. type of material, porous/non-porous, pre-cursors, mixtures or laminates characterised by the material of the layer the material containing at least one metal element, e.g. metal oxides, metal nitrides, metal oxynitrides or metal carbides characterised by the metal the material containing aluminium, e.g. Al2O3
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C11/00—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
    • G11C11/21—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements
    • G11C11/34—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices
    • G11C11/39—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices using thyristors or the avalanche or negative resistance type, e.g. PNPN, SCR, SCS, UJT
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02104—Forming layers
    • H01L21/02107—Forming insulating materials on a substrate
    • H01L21/02225—Forming insulating materials on a substrate characterised by the process for the formation of the insulating layer
    • H01L21/0226—Forming insulating materials on a substrate characterised by the process for the formation of the insulating layer formation by a deposition process
    • H01L21/02263—Forming insulating materials on a substrate characterised by the process for the formation of the insulating layer formation by a deposition process deposition from the gas or vapour phase
    • H01L21/02266—Forming insulating materials on a substrate characterised by the process for the formation of the insulating layer formation by a deposition process deposition from the gas or vapour phase deposition by physical ablation of a target, e.g. sputtering, reactive sputtering, physical vapour deposition or pulsed laser deposition
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • 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
    • H10N70/021—Formation of switching materials, e.g. deposition of layers
    • H10N70/026—Formation of switching materials, e.g. deposition of layers by physical vapor deposition, e.g. sputtering
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N70/00—Solid-state devices having no potential barriers, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
    • H10N70/20—Multistable switching devices, e.g. memristors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N70/00—Solid-state devices having no potential barriers, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
    • H10N70/801—Constructional details of multistable switching devices
    • H10N70/821—Device geometry
    • H10N70/826—Device geometry adapted for essentially vertical current flow, e.g. sandwich or pillar type devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N70/00—Solid-state devices having no potential barriers, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
    • H10N70/801—Constructional details of multistable switching devices
    • H10N70/881—Switching materials
    • H10N70/883—Oxides or nitrides

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Abstract

1416644 Non-volatile memory devices INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORP 15 March 1973 [5 June 1972] 12472/73 Heading H1K A multi-state switch with non-volatile memory comprises a substrate of a refractory metal, e.g. tungsten, molybdenum, niobium or tantalum, a film of aluminium nitride formed thereon by sputtering after outgassing the substrate for at least 10 minutes at 350- 1500‹ C. at a pressure of from 2 Î 10<SP>-7</SP> to 2 Î 10<SP>-8</SP> Torr and an electrode on the film. Typically when using a 111 orientated mono- or polycrystalline tungsten or molybdenum substrate a series of presputtering steps in argon or nitrogen is performed prior to reactively sputtering aluminium in pure nitrogen at 1100‹ C. to form a film 0À2-10 Á thick. The film is electroded by alloying P- or N-type silicon to it at 1420-1800‹ C., or aluminium-silicon at above 576‹ C., or by sputtering, evaporating, or alloying on aluminium at 660-1800‹ C. A forming voltage of either polarity is then applied to realisethe switching characteristic. Switching from a high to a low impedance condition occurs above a threshold voltage with the electrode positive and reversion takes place when a threshold current of opposite polarity is exceeded. The ratio high/low impedance may be as high as 10,000 : 1 at very low switching frequencies but falls to about 20 : 1 at 100 kc./s. At a given frequency the values of the high and low impedances and the switching thresholds are determined by the amplitude of the voltages applied but switching is substantially independent of temperature in the range 4-500‹ K. The device finds use as a computer memory element,' high speed pulse or harmonic generator or electrically resettable circuit breaker.
GB1247273A 1972-06-05 1973-03-15 Electrical device incorporating a film of a n Expired GB1416644A (en)

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JP (1) JPS4951882A (en)
DE (1) DE2325555A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2195032A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1416644A (en)
IT (1) IT982622B (en)

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