IP Library Granted Patent US 11,011,700
Granted Patent B2
US 11,011,700 · App. 16/819,626 · Granted May 18, 2021

Resistance-change type memory device

Inventors: Kouji Matsuo (Ama Aichi, JP); Ryo Fukuoka (Yokkaichi Mie, JP); Yuta Yamada (Yokkaichi Mie, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
H01L45/1233G11C13/003H01L45/1253H01L45/1608
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Patent No.
US 11,011,700
App. No.
16/819,626
Granted
May 18, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resistance-change type memory device includes a substrate, a plurality of electrodes arranged in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate and extending in a second direction intersecting the upper surface, a resistance-change film provided in a third direction that is parallel to the upper surface and intersects the first direction as viewed from the plurality of electrodes, a semiconductor film provided between the plurality of electrodes and the resistance-change film, and an insulating film provided between the plurality of electrodes and the semiconductor film. The resistance-change film has a resistance value that changes when a current flows therein.

Claims (15)

1. A memory device comprising:

a substrate; and

a structure provided on the substrate and extending in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate,

wherein the structure includes:

a plurality of electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the upper surface of the substrate and arranged in the first direction;

a semiconductor film provided around each of the plurality of electrodes when viewed from the second direction, and formed continuously around the plurality of electrodes;

a first insulating film provided between each of the plurality of electrodes and the semiconductor film; and

a memory cell provided around the semiconductor film as viewed from the second direction, and connected to the semiconductor film,

wherein the semiconductor film is continuously formed over the entirety of a length of a column formed of the plurality of electrodes.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of structures are provided and are arranged in a third direction that is parallel to the upper surface of the substrate and intersects the first direction, and

a second insulating film is provided between the plurality of structures.

3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein a distance between electrodes adjacent to each other in the first direction is shorter than a distance between electrodes adjacent to each other in a direction intersecting the first direction.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the memory cell is continuously formed over the entirety of the length of the column formed of the plurality of electrodes.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a current path is formed through the memory cell and the semiconductor film over the entirety of a length of a column formed of the plurality of electrodes.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the memory cell is resistance-change film.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Feb 4, 2022
From: K.K PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058957/0124 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058905/0582 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K PANGEA
Reel/Frame 058946/0675 →
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