IP Library Granted Patent US 8,964,448
Granted Patent B2
US 8,964,448 · App. 13/570,772 · Granted Feb 24, 2015

Memory cells having a plurality of resistance variable materials

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Patent No.
US 8,964,448
App. No.
13/570,772
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Resistance variable memory cells having a plurality of resistance variable materials and methods of operating and forming the same are described herein. As an example, a resistance variable memory cell can include a plurality of resistance variable materials located between a plug material and an electrode material. The resistance variable memory cell also includes a first conductive material that contacts the plug material and each of the plurality of resistance variable materials and a second conductive material that contacts the electrode material and each of the plurality of resistance variable materials.

Claims (32)

1. A resistance variable memory cell, comprising:

a plurality of resistance variable materials formed between a plug material and an electrode material, wherein each of the plurality of resistance variable materials has a different respective thickness;

a first conductive material that contacts the plug material and each of the plurality of resistance variable materials; and

a second conductive material that contacts the electrode material and each of the plurality of resistance variable materials.

2. The memory cell of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of resistance variable materials includes a first resistance variable material, a second resistance variable material, and a third resistance variable material.

3. The memory cell of claim 2 , including a first dielectric material formed between the first resistance variable material and the plug material.

4. The memory cell of claim 3 , including a second dielectric material formed between the first resistance variable material and the second resistance variable material, a third dielectric material formed between the second resistance variable material and the third resistance variable material, and a fourth dielectric material formed between the third resistance variable material and the electrode material.

5. The memory cell of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of resistance variable materials are spaced apart vertically.

6. The memory cell of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of resistance variable materials is a phase change material.

7. The memory cell of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive material is an L-shaped heater electrode.

8. The memory cell of claim 1 , wherein at least two of the plurality of resistance variable materials are a same chalcogenide material having different stoichiometries.

9. The memory cell of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive material contacts a plurality of resistance variable materials of an adjacent resistance variable memory cell.

10. The memory cell of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive material comprises an electrode material.

11. A memory cell, comprising:

a plurality of resistance variable materials vertically separated from each other and formed between a plug material and an electrode material, wherein each of the plurality of resistance variable materials is a same material;

a heater material that contacts the plug material and each of the plurality of resistance variable materials; and

a conductive material forming a contact between the electrode material and each of the plurality of resistance variable materials.

12. The memory cell of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of resistance variable materials are vertically separated from each other by respective dielectric materials.

13. The memory cell of claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of resistance variable materials has a different respective thickness.

14. The memory cell of claim 11 , wherein the memory cell has a 4F 2 architecture.

15. The memory cell of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of resistance variable materials comprise a chalcogenide.

16. The memory cell of claim 11 , including a select device coupled to one of the plug material and the electrode material.

17. An array of resistance variable cells, comprising:

a first plurality of resistance variable materials formed between a first plug material and an electrode material;

a first conductive material that contacts the first plug material and each of the first plurality of resistance variable materials;

a second conductive material that contacts the electrode material and each of the first plurality of resistance variable materials;

a second plurality of resistance variable materials formed between a second plug material and the electrode material.

18. The array of claim 17 , wherein each of the second plurality of resistance variable materials contacts the second conductive material.

19. The array of claim 18 , including a third conductive material that contacts the second plug material and each of the second plurality of resistance variable materials.

20. The array of claim 17 , wherein the array has a 4F 2 architecture.

21. The array of claim 17 , wherein the first plurality of resistance variable materials and the second plurality of resistance variable materials are spaced apart vertically and are separated by respective dielectric materials.

22. The array of claim 17 , wherein the first conductive material comprises an electrode material.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC
To: OVONYX MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 039974/0496 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2012
From: RUSSO, UGO; REDAELLI, ANDREA; PELLIZZER, FABIO
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 028758/0908 →