Thermal isolation of phase change memory cells

US7714315B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Qimonda North America Corp. · US
• Qimonda AG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Happ · Tarrytown, US
• Jan Boris Philipp · Peekskill, US
• Ulrike Gruening-von Schwerin · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 19, 2006
• Grant date: May 11, 2010
• Expiry date: Dec 19, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10N70/884

Abstract

A memory includes an array of resistive memory cells, bit lines between rows of the memory cells for accessing the memory cells, and a conductive plate coupled to each of the memory cells.