Transition Metal Oxide Bilayers
    12.
    发明申请
    Transition Metal Oxide Bilayers 有权
    过渡金属氧化物双层

    公开(公告)号:US20150200361A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-16

    申请号:US14618055

    申请日:2015-02-10

    IPC分类号: H01L45/00

    摘要: Embodiments of the invention include nonvolatile memory elements and memory devices comprising the nonvolatile memory elements. Methods for forming the nonvolatile memory elements are also disclosed. The nonvolatile memory element comprises a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a plurality of layers of an oxide disposed between the first and second electrode layers. One of the oxide layers has linear resistance and substoichiometric composition, and the other oxide layer has bistable resistance and near-stoichiometric composition. Preferably, the sum of the two oxide layer thicknesses is between about 20 Å and about 100 Å, and the oxide layer with bistable resistance has a thickness between about 25% and about 75% of the total thickness. In one embodiment, the oxide layers are formed using reactive sputtering in an atmosphere with controlled flows of argon and oxygen.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的实施例包括非易失性存储器元件和包括非易失性存储元件的存储器件。 还公开了形成非易失性存储元件的方法。 非易失性存储元件包括第一电极层,第二电极层和设置在第一和第二电极层之间的多个氧化物层。 氧化物层中的一个具有线性电阻和亚化学计量组成,另一个氧化物层具有双稳态电阻和近化学计量组成。 优选地,两个氧化物层厚度的总和在约和之间,并且具有双稳态电阻的氧化物层具有在总厚度的约25%至约75%之间的厚度。 在一个实施例中,氧化物层在具有受控的氩气和氧气的气氛中使用反应溅射形成。

    Atomic Layer Deposition of Metal Oxides for Memory Applications
    14.
    发明申请
    Atomic Layer Deposition of Metal Oxides for Memory Applications 有权
    用于存储器应用的金属氧化物的原子层沉积

    公开(公告)号:US20140363920A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-11

    申请号:US14466695

    申请日:2014-08-22

    IPC分类号: H01L45/00

    摘要: Embodiments of the invention generally relate to nonvolatile memory devices and methods for manufacturing such memory devices. The methods for forming improved memory devices, such as a ReRAM cells, provide optimized, atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes for forming a metal oxide film stack which contains at least one hard metal oxide film (e.g., metal is completely oxidized or substantially oxidized) and at least one soft metal oxide film (e.g., metal is less oxidized than hard metal oxide). The soft metal oxide film is less electrically resistive than the hard metal oxide film since the soft metal oxide film is less oxidized or more metallic than the hard metal oxide film. In one example, the hard metal oxide film is formed by an ALD process utilizing ozone as the oxidizing agent while the soft metal oxide film is formed by another ALD process utilizing water vapor as the oxidizing agent.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的实施例一般涉及用于制造这种存储器件的非易失性存储器件和方法。 用于形成改进的存储器件(例如ReRAM单元)的方法提供优化的原子层沉积(ALD)工艺,用于形成金属氧化物膜堆叠,其包含至少一个硬金属氧化物膜(例如,金属被完全氧化或基本上被氧化 )和至少一种软金属氧化物膜(例如,金属比硬金属氧化物氧化较少)。 由于软金属氧化物膜比硬金属氧化物膜氧化得更少或更金属,所以软金属氧化物膜的电阻小于硬金属氧化物膜。 在一个实例中,通过利用臭氧作为氧化剂的ALD工艺形成硬质金属氧化物膜,而通过利用水蒸汽作为氧化剂的另一ALD工艺形成软金属氧化物膜。

    Transition Metal Oxide Bilayers
    15.
    发明申请
    Transition Metal Oxide Bilayers 有权
    过渡金属氧化物双层

    公开(公告)号:US20140217348A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-07

    申请号:US14252285

    申请日:2014-04-14

    IPC分类号: H01L45/00

    摘要: Embodiments of the invention include nonvolatile memory elements and memory devices comprising the nonvolatile memory elements. Methods for forming the nonvolatile memory elements are also disclosed. The nonvolatile memory element comprises a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a plurality of layers of an oxide disposed between the first and second electrode layers. One of the oxide layers has linear resistance and substoichiometric composition, and the other oxide layer has bistable resistance and near-stoichiometric composition. Preferably, the sum of the two oxide layer thicknesses is between about 20 Å and about 100 Å, and the oxide layer with bistable resistance has a thickness between about 25% and about 75% of the total thickness. In one embodiment, the oxide layers are formed using reactive sputtering in an atmosphere with controlled flows of argon and oxygen.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的实施例包括非易失性存储器元件和包括非易失性存储元件的存储器件。 还公开了形成非易失性存储元件的方法。 非易失性存储元件包括第一电极层,第二电极层和设置在第一和第二电极层之间的多个氧化物层。 氧化物层中的一个具有线性电阻和亚化学计量组成,另一个氧化物层具有双稳态电阻和近化学计量组成。 优选地,两个氧化物层厚度的总和在约和之间,并且具有双稳态电阻的氧化物层具有在总厚度的约25%至约75%之间的厚度。 在一个实施例中,氧化物层在具有受控的氩气和氧气的气氛中使用反应溅射形成。

    Methods and Vehicles for High Productivity Combinatorial Testing of Materials for Resistive Random Access Memory Cells
    20.
    发明申请
    Methods and Vehicles for High Productivity Combinatorial Testing of Materials for Resistive Random Access Memory Cells 审中-公开
    用于电阻式随机存取存储器单元的材料的高生产率组合测试的方法和车辆

    公开(公告)号:US20140154859A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-05

    申请号:US13705516

    申请日:2012-12-05

    IPC分类号: H01L49/02

    摘要: Provided are methods for processing different materials on the same substrate for high throughput screening of multiple ReRAM materials. A substrate may be divided into multiple site isolated regions, each region including one or more base structures operable as bottom electrodes of ReRAM cells. Different test samples may be formed over these base structures in a combinatorial manner. Specifically, each site isolated region may receive a test sample that has a different characteristic than at least one other sample provided in another region. The test samples may have different compositions and/or thicknesses or be deposited using different techniques. These different samples are then etched in the same operation to form portions of the samples. Each portion is substantially larger than the corresponding base structure and fully covers this base structure to protect the interface between the base structure and the portion during etching.

    摘要翻译: 提供了在同一基板上处理不同材料的方法,用于多个ReRAM材料的高通量筛选。 衬底可以被分成多个位置隔离区域,每个区域包括可操作为ReRAM单元的底部电极的一个或多个基底结构。 可以以组合的方式在这些基础结构上形成不同的测试样品。 具体地说,每个位置隔离区域可以接收具有与另一区域中提供的至少一个其他样品不同的特性的测试样品。 测试样品可以具有不同的组成和/或厚度或使用不同的技术沉积。 然后在相同的操作中蚀刻这些不同的样品以形成样品的一部分。 每个部分基本上大于对应的基部结构,并且完全覆盖该基部结构以在蚀刻期间保护基部结构和该部分之间的界面。