TWI341581B - Heating phase change material - Google Patents

Heating phase change material

Info

Publication number
TWI341581B
TWI341581B TW095112702A TW95112702A TWI341581B TW I341581 B TWI341581 B TW I341581B TW 095112702 A TW095112702 A TW 095112702A TW 95112702 A TW95112702 A TW 95112702A TW I341581 B TWI341581 B TW I341581B
Authority
TW
Taiwan
Prior art keywords
phase change
change material
heating phase
heating
phase
Prior art date
Application number
TW095112702A
Other languages
English (en)
Other versions
TW200723506A (en
Inventor
Guy C Wicker
Fabio Pellizzer
Enrico Varesi
Agostino Pirovano
Original Assignee
Intel Corp
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Intel Corp filed Critical Intel Corp
Publication of TW200723506A publication Critical patent/TW200723506A/zh
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of TWI341581B publication Critical patent/TWI341581B/zh

Links

Classifications

    • 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
    • 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
    • G11C13/0021—Auxiliary circuits
    • G11C13/003—Cell access
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10B—ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES
    • H10B63/00—Resistance change memory devices, e.g. resistive RAM [ReRAM] devices
    • H10B63/20—Resistance change memory devices, e.g. resistive RAM [ReRAM] devices comprising selection components having two electrodes, e.g. diodes
    • H10B63/24—Resistance change memory devices, e.g. resistive RAM [ReRAM] devices comprising selection components having two electrodes, e.g. diodes of the Ovonic threshold switching type
    • 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
    • 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
    • H10N70/061—Shaping switching materials
    • H10N70/063—Shaping switching materials by etching of pre-deposited switching material layers, e.g. lithography
    • 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
    • H10N70/20—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
    • 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
    • H10N70/231—Multistable switching devices, e.g. memristors based on solid-state phase change, e.g. between amorphous and crystalline phases, Ovshinsky effect
    • H10N70/235—Multistable switching devices, e.g. memristors based on solid-state phase change, e.g. between amorphous and crystalline phases, Ovshinsky effect between different crystalline phases, e.g. cubic and hexagonal
    • 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
    • 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
    • H10N70/828—Current flow limiting means within the switching material region, e.g. constrictions
    • 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
    • H10N70/841—Electrodes
    • H10N70/8413—Electrodes adapted for resistive heating
    • 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
    • H10N70/882—Compounds of sulfur, selenium or tellurium, e.g. chalcogenides
    • 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
    • H10N70/882—Compounds of sulfur, selenium or tellurium, e.g. chalcogenides
    • H10N70/8828—Tellurides, e.g. GeSbTe
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C2213/00—Indexing scheme relating to G11C13/00 for features not covered by this group
    • G11C2213/70—Resistive array aspects
    • G11C2213/76—Array using an access device for each cell which being not a transistor and not a diode

Landscapes

  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Memories (AREA)
  • Resistance Heating (AREA)
TW095112702A 2005-04-11 2006-04-10 Heating phase change material TWI341581B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US11/103,188 US8653495B2 (en) 2005-04-11 2005-04-11 Heating phase change material

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
TW200723506A TW200723506A (en) 2007-06-16
TWI341581B true TWI341581B (en) 2011-05-01

Family

ID=36699192

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
TW095112702A TWI341581B (en) 2005-04-11 2006-04-10 Heating phase change material

Country Status (3)

Country Link
US (3) US8653495B2 (zh)
TW (1) TWI341581B (zh)
WO (1) WO2006110518A2 (zh)

Families Citing this family (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8653495B2 (en) 2005-04-11 2014-02-18 Micron Technology, Inc. Heating phase change material
US8188454B2 (en) * 2005-10-28 2012-05-29 Ovonyx, Inc. Forming a phase change memory with an ovonic threshold switch
US7943921B2 (en) * 2005-12-16 2011-05-17 Micron Technology, Inc. Phase change current density control structure
US7436695B2 (en) 2006-11-21 2008-10-14 Infineon Technologies Ag Resistive memory including bipolar transistor access devices
US8223580B2 (en) * 2008-06-17 2012-07-17 Ovonyx, Inc. Method and apparatus for decoding memory
US20160005965A1 (en) * 2014-07-01 2016-01-07 Micron Technology, Inc. Memory cells having a first selecting chalcogenide material and a second selecting chalcogenide material and methods therof
US9406881B1 (en) * 2015-04-24 2016-08-02 Micron Technology, Inc. Memory cells having a heater electrode formed between a first storage material and a second storage material and methods of forming the same

Family Cites Families (25)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4115872A (en) * 1977-05-31 1978-09-19 Burroughs Corporation Amorphous semiconductor memory device for employment in an electrically alterable read-only memory
US4203123A (en) * 1977-12-12 1980-05-13 Burroughs Corporation Thin film memory device employing amorphous semiconductor materials
DD251225A1 (de) 1986-07-18 1987-11-04 Karl Marx Stadt Tech Hochschul Entkoppelte anordnung amorpher speicherelemente
US5789758A (en) * 1995-06-07 1998-08-04 Micron Technology, Inc. Chalcogenide memory cell with a plurality of chalcogenide electrodes
US5825046A (en) * 1996-10-28 1998-10-20 Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Composite memory material comprising a mixture of phase-change memory material and dielectric material
US6015977A (en) * 1997-01-28 2000-01-18 Micron Technology, Inc. Integrated circuit memory cell having a small active area and method of forming same
US5933365A (en) * 1997-06-19 1999-08-03 Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Memory element with energy control mechanism
US6633248B2 (en) * 2001-05-29 2003-10-14 Intel Corporation Converting digital signals to analog signals
US6507061B1 (en) * 2001-08-31 2003-01-14 Intel Corporation Multiple layer phase-change memory
US6545907B1 (en) * 2001-10-30 2003-04-08 Ovonyx, Inc. Technique and apparatus for performing write operations to a phase change material memory device
US7151273B2 (en) * 2002-02-20 2006-12-19 Micron Technology, Inc. Silver-selenide/chalcogenide glass stack for resistance variable memory
US6972430B2 (en) * 2002-02-20 2005-12-06 Stmicroelectronics S.R.L. Sublithographic contact structure, phase change memory cell with optimized heater shape, and manufacturing method thereof
US6867114B2 (en) * 2002-08-29 2005-03-15 Micron Technology Inc. Methods to form a memory cell with metal-rich metal chalcogenide
US6795338B2 (en) * 2002-12-13 2004-09-21 Intel Corporation Memory having access devices using phase change material such as chalcogenide
US7589343B2 (en) * 2002-12-13 2009-09-15 Intel Corporation Memory and access device and method therefor
US6815266B2 (en) * 2002-12-30 2004-11-09 Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration, Inc. Method for manufacturing sidewall contacts for a chalcogenide memory device
KR100543445B1 (ko) * 2003-03-04 2006-01-23 삼성전자주식회사 상변화 기억 소자 및 그 형성방법
US7061004B2 (en) * 2003-07-21 2006-06-13 Micron Technology, Inc. Resistance variable memory elements and methods of formation
US20050018526A1 (en) * 2003-07-21 2005-01-27 Heon Lee Phase-change memory device and manufacturing method thereof
US7381611B2 (en) * 2003-08-04 2008-06-03 Intel Corporation Multilayered phase change memory
US6914255B2 (en) * 2003-08-04 2005-07-05 Ovonyx, Inc. Phase change access device for memories
JP4792714B2 (ja) * 2003-11-28 2011-10-12 ソニー株式会社 記憶素子及び記憶装置
KR100626388B1 (ko) * 2004-10-19 2006-09-20 삼성전자주식회사 상변환 메모리 소자 및 그 형성 방법
US7660180B2 (en) 2004-11-30 2010-02-09 Nxp B.V. Dielectric antifuse for electro-thermally programmable device
US8653495B2 (en) * 2005-04-11 2014-02-18 Micron Technology, Inc. Heating phase change material

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
US9343676B2 (en) 2016-05-17
US8653495B2 (en) 2014-02-18
TW200723506A (en) 2007-06-16
US20060226410A1 (en) 2006-10-12
US20160211017A1 (en) 2016-07-21
WO2006110518A3 (en) 2006-11-30
WO2006110518A2 (en) 2006-10-19
US20140147965A1 (en) 2014-05-29

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP1938343A4 (en) NEW PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL
HK1102072A1 (en) Heating vessel
IL192263A0 (en) Material
GB0504150D0 (en) Microcrystalline material
EP1774934A4 (en) HEATING ELEMENT
GB0616290D0 (en) Material
HK1107161A1 (en) Induction heater
EG26120A (en) A method for preparing a substance based on organic modified silica
GB0507125D0 (en) Heater
GB0808368D0 (en) Heater cooker
TWI341581B (en) Heating phase change material
PL1901624T3 (pl) Materiał tłumiący podczerwień
ZA200706003B (en) Temperature control
TWI315217B (en) Multifunctional material
SI1875590T1 (sl) Fazno krmiljenje
GB2433185B (en) Heating element
GB0526267D0 (en) Household material conservation unit
GB0501116D0 (en) Chromatographic material
EP1841290A4 (en) HIGH FREQUENCY HEATING
GB0406295D0 (en) Brick-effect material
GB0504592D0 (en) Wrapping material
GB0504249D0 (en) Heating insole
GB0526179D0 (en) Hand-mouldable material
GB0526299D0 (en) Central heating control
AU306709S (en) Heater