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Memory device

US11282559B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 2021
Grant dateMar 22, 2022
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10B51/20
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a memory device includes: a third layer between first and a second layers above a substrate; a pillar being adjacent to the first to third layers and including a ferroelectric layer; a memory cell between the third layer and the pillar; and a circuit which executes a first operation for a programming, a second operation for an erasing using a first voltage, and a third operation of applying a second voltage between the third layer and the pillar. The first voltage has a first potential difference, the second voltage has a second potential difference smaller than the first potential difference. A potential of the third conductive layer is lower than a potential of the pillar in each of the first and second voltages. The third operation is executed between the first operation and the second operation.

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