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Resistance change memory device

US7459715B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 11, 2007
Grant dateDec 2, 2008
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Expiry dateJun 11, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S439/936
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A resistance change memory device including: a semiconductor substrate; cell arrays stacked above the substrate, bit lines and word lines; a read/write circuit formed on the semiconductor substrate; first and second vertical wirings connecting bit lines to the read/write circuit; and third vertical wirings connecting word lines to the read/write circuit, wherein the memory cell includes a variable resistance element. The variable resistance element has: a recording layer formed of a composite compound containing at least one transition element and a cavity site for housing a cation ion; and electrodes formed on the opposite sides of the recording layer, one of the electrodes serving as a cation source in a write or erase mode for supplying a cation to the recording layer to be housed in the cavity site therein.

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