Abstract:
A semiconductor apparatus includes a variable resistor including a variable resistance layer, which is formed to surround on an inner surface of a resistive region, and an insert layer which is formed in the variable resistance layer and has a resistivity being different from that of the variable resistance layer.
Abstract:
A phase-change memory device including a multi-level cell and an operation method thereof are provided. The device includes a first phase-change material layer to which a current is provided from a heating electrode, and a second phase-change material layer formed with continuity to the first phase-change material layer and having a different width from the first phase-change material layer, and to which a current is provided from the heating electrode. The second phase-change material layer includes a material having smaller resistivity and a lower crystallization rate than the first phase-change material layer.
Abstract:
A semiconductor integrated circuit system includes a phase-change line including a first phase-change area constituting a first memory cell and a second phase-change area constituting a second memory cell, a write current providing unit configured to phase-change a selected one of the first and second phase-change areas, and a phase-change compensation unit configured to restore the other of the first and second phase-change areas by compensating for a dummy phase-change caused in the other phase-change area due to a phase-change of the selected phase-change area.
Abstract:
A high voltage generating circuit for a resistive memory apparatus is provided. The high voltage generating circuit includes a capacitor spaced from a semiconductor substrate and electrically insulated from the semiconductor substrate. A switching device, which is electrically connected to the capacitor, is electrically insulated from the semiconductor substrate.
Abstract:
The present technology relates to a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes a first stack including first interlayer insulating layers and first conductive patterns which are alternately stacked with one another, a second stack including second interlayer insulating layers and second conductive patterns which are alternately stacked with one another on the first stack, a plurality of channel plugs vertically formed through the first stack and the second stack, and at least one dummy plug vertically formed through the second without passing through the first stack.
Abstract:
The present technology relates to a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes a first stack including first interlayer insulating layers and first conductive patterns which are alternately stacked with one another, a second stack including second interlayer insulating layers and second conductive patterns which are alternately stacked with one another on the first stack, a plurality of channel plugs vertically formed through the first stack and the second stack, and at least one dummy plug vertically formed through the second without passing through the first stack.
Abstract:
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device may be provided. The method may include forming stacks including interlayer insulating layers and separated by a slit, the interlayer insulating layers surrounding a channel layer and stacked to be spaced apart from one another with an interlayer space interposed therebetween. The method may include forming a conductive pattern filling the interlayer space. The method may include forming an isolation layer on a surface of the conductive pattern by oxidizing a portion of the conductive pattern by performing an oxidizing process.
Abstract:
A data processing system includes a central processing unit (CPU), a control block configured to interface with the CPU, a cache memory configured to interface with the control block and arranged to be spaced from the CPU by a first distance, and a combined memory block configured to interface with the control block, arranged to be spaced from the CPU by a second distance larger than the first distance, and configured of a working memory and a storage memory. The combined memory block is configured of a plurality of stacked memory layers, each configured of a plurality of variable resistance memory cells. The working memory is allocated to one memory layer selected among the plurality of memory layers. The storage memory is allocated to remaining memory layers among the plurality of memory layers.
Abstract:
A semiconductor apparatus includes a variable resistor including a variable resistance layer, which is formed to surround on an inner surface of a resistive region, and an insert layer which is formed in the variable resistance layer and has a resistivity being different from that of the variable resistance layer.
Abstract:
A phase change memory device having a multi-level and a method of driving the same are presented. The disclosed phase change memory device includes variable resistors and shifting units. The variable resistors are interchanged into set and reset states in response to an applied current. The shifting units, which are connected to the variable resistors, shift resistance distribution in the set and reset state of the variable resistors by a predetermined level.