摘要:
The present disclosure includes select devices and methods of using select device for memory cell applications. An example select device includes a first electrode having a particular geometry, a semiconductor material formed on the first electrode and a second electrode having the particular geometry with formed on the semiconductor material, wherein the select device is configured to snap between resistive states in response to signals that are applied to the select device.
摘要:
The disclosed memory cell (10) comprises a graphene layer (16) having controllable resistance states representing data values of the memory cell (10) In one exemplary embodiment a non- volatile memory is provided by having a ferroelectric layer (18) control the resistance states. In the exemplary embodiment, binary '0's and ' 1 's are respectively represented by low and high resistance states of the graphene layer (16), and these states are switched in a non-volatile manner by the polarization directions of the ferroelectric layer (18).
摘要:
The invention is in the field of Computer Engineering and can be used in memory devices for various computers, specifically in developing a universal memory system with high data reading and writing speed along with capabilities for long term storage and high information density, as well as in developing video and audio equipment of a new generation, in developing associative memory systems, and in creating synapses (electric circuit elements with programmable electric resistance) for neuronal nets. The lack of such an element holds back the development of true neuronal computers. The invention is based on the task of creating an essentially new kind of memory cell that would allow to store several bits of data, would have fast resistance switching and require low operating voltage but at the same time would allow to combine its manufacturing technology with the modem semiconductor manufacturing technology. Fig. 6 shows an implementation option of the claimed memory cell containing two continuous aluminum electrodes 1 and 2 between which there is a multilayer functional zone consisting of one active layer 3, one barrier layer 4 and one passive layer 5. This structure of the functional zone allows to change electric resistance of the active zone and/or form highly conductive areas or lines with metallic conduction in the active zone under the influence of the external electric field and/or its light emission on the memory cell and to retain its electric resistance for long periods of time without applying external electric fields. The memory cell is advantageously distinctive from the currently used single bit memory elements, in that it can store several bits of information. The data storage time depends on the memory cell structure, the material used for the functional zone and the writing mode. It can vary from several seconds (can be used to build dynamic memory) to several years (can be used for building long term memory, such as Flash memory). It is possible to create universal memory that can work in both dynamic and long-term modes, depending on the data-writing mode.
摘要:
Provided is a storage cell that makes it possible to improve TMR characteristics, a storage device and a magnetic head that include the storage cell. The storage cell includes a layer structure including a storage layer in which a direction of magnetization is varied in correspondence with information, a magnetization pinned layer having magnetization that is perpendicular to a film surface and serves as a reference of information stored in the storage layer, and an intermediate layer that is provided between the storage layer and the magnetization pinned layer and is made of a nonmagnetic body. Carbon is inserted in the intermediate layer, and feeding a current in a laminating direction of the layer structure allows the direction of magnetization in the storage layer to be varied, to allow information to be recorded in the storage layer.
摘要:
A bit cell of the PROM-device comprises a carbon nanotube having a tilted portion comprising a free end and a fixed portion which is to the reference node. The carbon nanotube comprises a structural defect between the fixed and the tilted portion which causes the carbon nanotube to tilt such that the free end is electrically connected to either the storage electrode or an opposite release electrode.
摘要:
According to one embodiment of the present invention, an integrated circuit (900) is provided. The integrated circuit includes: resistance changing memory elements (804) arranged above a semiconductor substrate (802); and memory element select devices (806) arranged within the semiconductor substrate, the select devices being bipolar transistors including emitter areas (808), base areas (810) and collector areas (812'), wherein the base area of each select device is connected to a word line (814) formed within a word line trench (816) reaching through the semiconductor substrate to a top surface of the base area or into the base area, and wherein each memory element is connected to one of the select devices.