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:
Memory cell architectures and methods of forming the same are provided. An example memory cell can include a switch element and a memory element formed in series with the switch element. A smallest lateral dimension of the switch element is different than a smallest lateral dimension of the memory element.
摘要:
Methods of forming memory cells, magnetic memory cell structures, and arrays of magnetic memory cell structures are disclosed. Embodiments of the methods include patterning a precursor structure to form a stepped structure including at least an upper discrete feature section and a lower feature section with a broader width, length, or both than the upper discrete feature section. The method uses patterning acts directed along a first axis, e.g., an x-axis, and then along a second axis, e.g., a y-axis, that is perpendicular to or about perpendicular to the first axis. The patterning acts may therefore allow for more unifoimity between a plurality of formed, neighboring cell core structures, even at dimensions below about thirty nanometers. Magnetic memory structures and memory cell arrays are also disclosed.
摘要:
A magnetic memory element records information in a spin valve structure having a free layer 5, a pinning layer 3, and a nonmagnetic layer 4 sandwiched therebetween, and further has, on the free layer 5, a separate nonmagnetic layer 6 and a magnetic change layer 7 having magnetic characteristics which change according to temperature. A plurality of cutouts (N N , N E , N S , N W ), including one cutout with a different shape, are provided in a peripheral portion of the spin valve structure.
摘要:
A magnetic memory device in which information is written stably by reducing the loss of the magnetic field induced by the current flowing through a write line, a magnetic memory cell incorporated in the magnetic memory device, and a method for easily manufacturing such a magnetic memory device are disclosed. The magnetic memory cell comprises multilayer bodies and an annular magnetic layer. Each multilayer body includes a magnetosensitive layer in which the direction of magnetization varies with the external magnetic field. In the multilayer body, current flows perpendicularly to the multilayer surface. The annular magnetic layer is disposed between a first multilayer body and a second multilayer body. The axis of the annular magnetic layer is parallel to the multilayer surface. Conductive wires are passed through the annular magnetic layer along the axis. Degradation of the strength of the reflux magnetic field generated in the annular magnetic layer can be suppressed. Consequently, the magnetization reversal of the magnetosensitive layers of the first and second multilayer bodies can be effected by a less write current.
摘要:
An integrated memory with an arrangement of non-volatile ferromagnetic storage based memory cells, comprising high-power memory cells having a magnetoresisitive effect (1) with transistor control, and low-cost memory cells having a magnetoresistive effect (2) with memory elements (60) connected between the word lines (70) and bit lines (50). The memory elements (60) directly connected between a bit and a word line (60) are preferably used in the form of memory cell fields which can be superposed on top of the memory cells (1) with a transistor (9), resulting in a high integration density. Production costs are reduced significantly by producing the memory, which comprises two types of cells and meets all system requirements, in a single module and single operation cycle.
摘要:
In a data storage device (10) having parallel memory planes each memory plane includes a first resistive cross point plane of memory cells (108a), a second resistive cross point plane of memory cells (108b), a plurality of conductive word lines (102) shared between the first and second planes of memory cells, a plurality of bit lines (104), each bit line coupling one or more cells from the first plane to another memory cell in the second plane, and a plurality of unidirectional elements (110). A first unidirectional element couples a first memory cell from the first plane to a selected word line and a selected bit line in a first conductive direction and a second unidirectional element couples a second cell from the second plane to the selected word line and selected bit line in a second conductive direction. The device further provides for a unidirectional conductive path to form from a memory cell in the first plane to a memory cell in the second plane sharing the same bit line.
摘要:
In a data storage device that has a plurality of word lines (26, 28), a plurality of bit lines (20, 22, 24), and a resistive crosspoint array of memory cells (40-50), each memory cell is connected to a bit line and connected to an isolation diode (88) that further connects to a respective word line. The isolation diode (88) provides a unidirectional conductive path from the bit line to the word line. Each word line provides a common metal-semiconductor contact with each diode sharing the word line such that each diode has a separate metal contact located between the semiconductor portion of the common metal-semiconductor contact and its respective memory cell.