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公开(公告)号:US12144271B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-12
申请号:US17444841
申请日:2021-08-11
Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor: Oleg Gluschenkov , Alexander Reznicek , Youngseok Kim , Injo Ok , Soon-Cheon Seo
Abstract: A semiconductor structure may include a resistive random access memory device embedded between an upper metal interconnect and a lower metal interconnect in a backend structure of a chip. The resistive random access memory may include a first electrode and a second electrode separated by a dielectric film. A portion of the dielectric film directly above the first electrode may be crystalline. The semiconductor structure may include a stud below and in electrical contact with the first electrode and the lower metal interconnect and a dielectric layer between the upper metal interconnect and the lower metal interconnect. The dielectric layer may separate the upper metal interconnect from the lower metal interconnect. The crystalline portion of the dielectric film may include grain boundaries that extend through an entire thickness of the dielectric film. The crystalline portion of the dielectric film may include grains.
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公开(公告)号:US20240237544A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-11
申请号:US18150816
申请日:2023-01-06
Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor: Kevin W. Brew , Ching-Tzu Chen , Timothy Mathew Philip , JIN PING HAN , Injo Ok
IPC: H10N50/10 , H01L23/528 , H10N50/01
CPC classification number: H10N50/10 , H01L23/5283 , H10N50/01
Abstract: Embodiments of present invention provide a vertical magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure. The structure includes an L-shaped MTJ stack including an L-shaped reference layer conformally on an L-shaped performance enhancing layer; an L-shaped tunnel barrier layer conformally on the L-shaped reference layer; and an L-shaped free layer conformally on the L-shaped tunnel barrier layer, where a vertical portion of the L-shaped MTJ stack is adjacent to a sidewall of a metal stud, the metal stud being directly on top of a metal wire in a dielectric layer. The structure further includes a first and a second electrode contacting a horizontal portion and a vertical portion of the L-shaped MTJ stack. A method of forming the same is also provided.
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公开(公告)号:US20240074336A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-29
申请号:US17894549
申请日:2022-08-24
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Injo Ok , Timothy Mathew Philip , Jin Ping Han , Ching-Tzu Chen , Kevin W. Brew , Lili Cheng
IPC: H01L45/00
CPC classification number: H01L45/126 , H01L45/06 , H01L45/1233 , H01L45/1675
Abstract: A memory device and method of forming a projection liner under a mushroom phase change memory device with sidewall electrode process scheme to provide self-aligned patterning of resistive projection liner during sidewall electrode formation.
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公开(公告)号:US20230309421A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-28
申请号:US18205208
申请日:2023-06-02
Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor: Youngseok Kim , Soon-Cheon Seo , Injo Ok , Alexander Reznicek
CPC classification number: H10N70/011 , H10B63/20 , H10N70/24 , H10N70/257 , H10N70/841
Abstract: A memory structure comprises a ReRAM module embedded in a substrate. An insulative layer is formed on the substrate. A first electrode is located on the insulative layer. The first electrode is proximately connected to a first end of the ReRAM module and comprises a first surface area. A second electrode is located on the insulative layer. The second electrode is proximately connected to a second end of the ReRAM module. The second electrode comprises a second surface area, a plasma-interacting component, and a resistive component. The resistive component is located between the plasma-interacting component and the ReRAM module. A ratio of the first surface area to the second surface area creates a voltage between the first electrode and second electrode when the first surface area and second surfaces area are exposed to an application of plasma. The voltage forms a conductive filament in the ReRAM module.
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公开(公告)号:US11711989B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-25
申请号:US17209932
申请日:2021-03-23
Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor: Injo Ok , Alexander Reznicek , Soon-Cheon Seo , Youngseok Kim , Timothy Mathew Philip
CPC classification number: H10N70/8413 , H10N70/063 , H10N70/231
Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure may include a phase change element located above a heater. The heater may include a conductive element surrounding a dielectric element. The dielectric element may include an air gap.
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公开(公告)号:US20230200265A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-22
申请号:US17552429
申请日:2021-12-16
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Kevin W. Brew , Injo Ok , Sanjay C. Mehta , Matthew T. Shoudy , Nicole Saulnier , Iqbal Rashid Saraf
CPC classification number: H01L45/06 , H01L45/145 , H01L45/1675 , H01L45/1691 , H01L45/1253 , H01L45/1608 , H01L45/1683 , H01L27/2463
Abstract: A phase change memory structure including a bottom electrode; a top electrode; a first phase change material between the bottom electrode and the top electrode; a first dielectric surrounding the first phase change material; a second dielectric surrounding the top electrode, the second dielectric having selective adhesion to a metal as compared to the first phase change material; a first metal feature contacting the bottom electrode; and a second metal feature contacting the top electrode.
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公开(公告)号:US11588103B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-21
申请号:US17104405
申请日:2020-11-25
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Youngseok Kim , Choonghyun Lee , Timothy Mathew Philip , Soon-Cheon Seo , Injo Ok , Alexander Reznicek
Abstract: A vertical resistive memory array is presented. The array includes a pillar electrode and a switching liner around the side perimeter of the pillar electrode. The array includes two or more vertically stacked single cell (SC) electrodes connected to a first side of the switching liner. The juxtaposition of the switching liner, the pillar electrode, and each SC electrode forms respective resistance switching cells (e.g., OxRRAM cell). A vertical group or bank of these cells may be connected in parallel and each share the same pillar electrode. The cells in the vertical cell bank may written to or read from as a group to limit the effects of inconsistent CF formation of any one or more individual cells within the group.
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公开(公告)号:US20230051052A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-16
申请号:US17444841
申请日:2021-08-11
Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor: Oleg Gluschenkov , Alexander Reznicek , Youngseok Kim , Injo Ok , Soon-Cheon Seo
Abstract: A semiconductor structure may include a resistive random access memory device embedded between an upper metal interconnect and a lower metal interconnect in a backend structure of a chip. The resistive random access memory may include a first electrode and a second electrode separated by a dielectric film. A portion of the dielectric film directly above the first electrode may be crystalline. The semiconductor structure may include a stud below and in electrical contact with the first electrode and the lower metal interconnect and a dielectric layer between the upper metal interconnect and the lower metal interconnect. The dielectric layer may separate the upper metal interconnect from the lower metal interconnect. The crystalline portion of the dielectric film may include grain boundaries that extend through an entire thickness of the dielectric film. The crystalline portion of the dielectric film may include grains.
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公开(公告)号:US20220223205A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-14
申请号:US17147401
申请日:2021-01-12
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Youngseok Kim , Soon-Cheon Seo , Choonghyun Lee , Injo Ok , Alexander Reznicek
Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines intersecting the plurality of word lines at a plurality of grid points; and a plurality of resistive random-access memory cells located at the plurality of grid points. Each of the resistive random-access memory cells includes a top metal coupled to one of: a corresponding one of the word lines and a corresponding one of the bit lines; a bottom metal coupled to another one of: the corresponding one of the word lines and the corresponding one of the bit lines; a dielectric sandwiched between the top metal and the bottom metal; and a high-resistance semiconductive spacer electrically connecting the top metal and the bottom metal in parallel with the dielectric.
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公开(公告)号:US20220165947A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-26
申请号:US17104405
申请日:2020-11-25
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Youngseok Kim , Choonghyun Lee , Timothy Mathew Philip , Soon-Cheon Seo , Injo Ok , Alexander Reznicek
Abstract: A vertical resistive memory array is presented. The array includes a pillar electrode and a switching liner around the side perimeter of the pillar electrode. The array includes two or more vertically stacked single cell (SC) electrodes connected to a first side of the switching liner. The juxtaposition of the switching liner, the pillar electrode, and each SC electrode forms respective resistance switching cells (e.g., OxRRAM cell). A vertical group or bank of these cells may be connected in parallel and each share the same pillar electrode. The cells in the vertical cell bank may written to or read from as a group to limit the effects of inconsistent CF formation of any one or more individual cells within the group.
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