IP Library Patent Application 13862201
Patent Application
App. No. 13/862,201

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM WITH NON-VOLATILE MEMORY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF

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13/862,201
Abstract

An integrated circuit system, and a method of manufacture thereof, including: an integrated circuit die having an address switch; a bottom electrode contact, free of halogen constituents, characteristic of a chemical vapor deposition or an atomic layer deposition, and coupled to the address switch; a transition material layer directly on the bottom electrode contact; and a top electrode contact, directly on the transition material layer, for forming a non-volatile memory array on the integrated circuit die.

Claims (52)

1 . A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit system comprising:

providing an integrated circuit die having an address switch;

forming a bottom electrode contact, free of halogen constituents, having characteristics of a chemical vapor deposition or an atomic layer deposition process, and coupled to the address switch;

depositing a transition material layer directly on the bottom electrode contact; and

depositing a top electrode contact directly on the transition material layer for forming a non-volatile memory array on the integrated circuit die.

2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein forming the bottom electrode contact includes infusing the bottom electrode contact with silicon.

3 . The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein forming the bottom electrode contact includes forming the bottom electrode contact having titanium nitride.

4 . The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein forming the bottom electrode contact includes forming the bottom electrode contact with a precursor of tetrakis-dimethylamino titanium or trischlorodiethylamino titanium.

5 . The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein forming the bottom electrode contact includes forming the bottom electrode contact containing a tungsten free of fluorine.

6 . The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein forming the bottom electrode contact includes forming the bottom electrode contact with an organometallic compound as a precursor with the chemical vapor deposition or the atomic layer deposition process.

7 . A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit system comprising:

providing an integrated circuit die having an address switch;

forming a bottom electrode contact, free of halogen constituents, having characteristics of a chemical vapor deposition or an atomic layer deposition process, and coupled to the address switch;

depositing a transition material layer directly on the bottom electrode contact; and

depositing a top electrode contact, over the integrated circuit die, directly on the transition material layer, for forming a non-volatile memory array on the integrated circuit die.

8 . The method as claimed in claim 7 wherein forming the bottom electrode contact includes forming the bottom electrode contact having a resistivity between one hundred micro-ohm cm to 1 ohm cm.

9 . The method as claimed in claim 7 further comprising:

providing a planar substrate of the integrated circuit die; and

wherein:

forming the bottom electrode contact includes forming the bottom electrode contact on the planar substrate.

10 . The method as claimed in claim 7 further comprising:

forming a narrow trench, of the integrated circuit die, having a width less than one hundred nanometers; and

wherein:

forming the bottom electrode contact includes forming the bottom electrode contact in the narrow trench.

11 . The method as claimed in claim 7 wherein forming the bottom electrode contact includes forming the bottom electrode contact having an amorphous structure or a metallic glass structure.

12 . The method as claimed in claim 7 further comprising:

forming a contact-hole via, of the integrated circuit die, having a diameter less than one hundred nanometers; and

wherein:

forming the bottom electrode contact includes forming the bottom electrode contact in the contact-hole via.

13 . An integrated circuit system comprising:

an integrated circuit die having an address switch;

a bottom electrode contact, free of halogen constituents, characteristic of a chemical vapor deposition or an atomic layer deposition, and coupled to the address switch;

a transition material layer directly on the bottom electrode contact; and

a top electrode contact, directly on the transition material layer, for forming a non-volatile memory array on the integrated circuit die.

14 . The system as claimed in claim 13 further comprising a titanium silicon nitride, having the characteristic of the chemical vapor deposition or the atomic layer deposition, in the bottom electrode contact.

15 . The system as claimed in claim 13 further comprising a tungsten free of the halogen constituents, having the characteristic of the chemical vapor deposition or the atomic layer deposition, in the bottom electrode contact.

16 . The system as claimed in claim 13 wherein the bottom electrode contact has a pre-determined contact depth for determining resistivity of the bottom electrode contact.

17 . The system as claimed in claim 13 wherein the bottom electrode contact has a resistivity between one hundred micro-ohm cm to 1 ohm cm.

18 . The system as claimed in claim 13 wherein the top electrode contact is over the integrated circuit die.

19 . The system as claimed in claim 18 further comprising:

a planar substrate of the integrated circuit die; and

wherein:

the bottom electrode contact is on the planar substrate.

20 . The system as claimed in claim 18 further comprising:

a narrow trench, of the integrated circuit die, having a width less than one hundred nanometers; and

wherein:

the bottom electrode contact is in the narrow trench.

21 . The system as claimed in claim 18 wherein the bottom electrode contact has an amorphous structure or a metallic glass structure.

22 . The system as claimed in claim 18 further comprising:

a contact-hole via, of the integrated circuit die, having a diameter less than one hundred nanometers; and

wherein:

the bottom electrode contact is in the contact-hole via.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVE INCORRECT APPLICATION NUMBER 14/572221 AND REPLACE IT WITH 14/527221 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 040815 FRAME: 0649. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 27, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NATURE OF CONVEYANCE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 039635 FRAME 0495. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 5, 2016
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040815/0649 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 9, 2016
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE BY REMOVING SONY ELECTRONICS INC. 1 SONY DRIVE PARK RIDGE, NEW JERSEY 07656 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 030210 FRAME 0266. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Apr 24, 2013
From: SILLS, SCOTT E.; BALAKRISHNAN, MURALIKRISHNAN; COOK, BETH; RAMASWAMY, DURAI VISHAK NIRMAL; YASUDA, SHUICHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2013
From: SILLS, SCOTT E.; BALAKRISHNAN, MURALIKRISHNAN; COOK, BETH; RAMASWAMY, DURAI VISHAK NIRMAL; YASUDA, SHUICHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION; SONY ELECTRONICS INC.
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