IP Library Granted Patent US 9,136,466
Granted Patent B2
US 9,136,466 · App. 13/339,818 · Granted Sep 15, 2015

Phase-change random access memory device and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 9,136,466
App. No.
13/339,818
Granted
Sep 15, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A phase change random access memory device includes a bottom electrode contact formed within a bottom electrode contact hole, a phase-change material pattern formed to surround a side of an upper portion of the bottom electrode contact, and an insulating layer buried within the phase-change material pattern and formed on an upper surface of the bottom electrode contact.

Claims (10)

1. A phase-change random access memory (PCRAM) device, comprising:

an insulating layer formed surrounding an outer surface of a bottom electrode contact hole;

a bottom electrode contact formed within the bottom electrode contact hole and having a projecting portion projected higher than an upper surface of the insulating layer;

a phase-change material pattern formed surrounding the whole outer surface of the projecting portion of the bottom electrode contact; and

an insulating layer buried within the phase-change material pattern and formed over the upper surface of the bottom electrode contact.

2. The PCRAM device of claim 1 , wherein the phase-change material pattern is formed in a ring type.

3. The PCRAM device of claim 2 , further comprising an interlayer insulating layer formed surrounding an outer circumference of the phase-change material pattern.

4. The PCRAM device of claim 1 , wherein the bottom electrode contact hole has a hollow cylindrical shape and the bottom electrode contact includes a conductive layer formed over a bottom and a sidewall of the bottom electrode contact hole.

5. The PCRAM device of claim 1 , wherein the bottom electrode contact hole has a hollow cylindrical shape and the bottom electrode contact includes a conductive layer formed over a part of a sidewall of the bottom electrode contact hole.

6. The PCRAM device of claim 1 , wherein the bottom electrode contact hole has a hollow tetragonal pillar shape and the bottom electrode contact includes a conductive layer formed over one sidewall of the bottom electrode contact hole.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE IS HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. NOT HYNIX-SEMICONDUCTOR INC. THERE IS NO HYPHEN IN THE NAME. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 67328 FRAME 814. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded May 14, 2024
From: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 067412/0482 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2024
From: SK HYNIX INC.
To: MIMIRIP LLC
Reel/Frame 067369/0832 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 6, 2024
From: HYNIX-SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 067328/0814 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2011
From: SON, MIN SEOK
To: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Reel/Frame 027458/0406 →