IP Library Granted Patent US 10,553,647
Granted Patent B2
US 10,553,647 · App. 16/021,804 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Methods and apparatus for three-dimensional non-volatile memory

Inventors: Michael K. Grobis (Campbell, CA); Derek Stewart (Livermore, CA); Bruce D. Terris (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
H01L27/2481G11C11/1673G11C11/1675G11C13/0004G11C13/004G11C13/0069H01L27/224H01L27/2418H01L27/2427H01L43/02H01L43/12H01L45/06H01L45/08H01L45/1233H01L45/141H01L45/16G11C2013/005G11C2013/009G11C2213/71H01L45/144H01L45/146H01L45/147
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Patent No.
US 10,553,647
App. No.
16/021,804
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus is provided that includes a bit line above a substrate, a word line above the substrate, and a non-volatile memory cell between the bit line and the word line. The non-volatile memory cell includes a reversible resistance-switching memory element coupled in series with an isolation element. The isolation element includes a first selector element coupled in series with a second selector element. The first selector element includes a first snapback current, and the second selector element includes a second snapback current lower than the first snapback current.

Claims (33)

1. Apparatus comprising:

a bit line above a substrate;

a word line above the substrate; and

a non-volatile memory cell between the bit line and the word line, the non-volatile memory cell comprising a reversible resistance-switching memory element coupled in series with an isolation element,

wherein:

the isolation element comprises a first selector element coupled in series with a second selector element; and

the first selector element comprises a first snapback current, the second selector element comprises a second snapback current lower than the first snapback current.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first selector element comprises a first selector leakage current, the second selector element comprises a second selector leakage current, and the first selector leakage current is less than second selector leakage current.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first selector element comprises a first selector leakage current, the second selector element comprises a second selector leakage current, the reversible resistance-switching memory element comprises a memory element leakage current, and one of the first selector leakage current and the second selector leakage current substantially equals the memory element leakage current.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first selector element comprises a first threshold voltage, the second selector element comprises a second threshold voltage, and the first threshold voltage is lower than the second threshold voltage.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the second selector element comprises a voltage drop in a low resistance state, wherein the voltage drop substantially equals the second threshold voltage.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first selector element and the second selector element each comprise a volatile conductive bridge.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first selector element and the second selector element each comprise a correlated electronic switch.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reversible resistance-switching memory element comprises a phase change memory element.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reversible resistance-switching memory element comprises a non-volatile memory material.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the non-volatile memory material comprises one or more of a phase change material, a ferroelectric material, a metal oxide, and a barrier modulated switching structure.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reversible resistance-switching memory element comprises a magnetic tunnel junction-based memory device.

12. Apparatus comprising:

a non-volatile memory cell disposed between a bit line and a word line, the non-volatile memory cell comprising:

a reversible resistance-switching memory element coupled in series with an isolation element; and

a capacitor coupled between the isolation element and the reversible resistance-switching memory element.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the isolation element comprises a first selector element, and the capacitor is coupled between the first selector element and the reversible resistance-switching memory element.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the isolation element comprises a first selector element and a second selector element, and the capacitor is coupled between the first selector element and the second selector element.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the isolation element comprises a first selector element coupled in series with a second selector element, the first selector element comprises a first selector switching time, and the second selector element comprises a second selector switching time greater than the first selector switching time.

16. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the isolation element comprises a first selector element coupled in series with a second selector element, wherein the first selector element comprises a first selector leakage current, and the second selector element comprises a second selector leakage current greater than the first selector leakage current.

17. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the non-volatile memory cell further comprises a resistor coupled between the reversible resistance-switching memory element coupled and the isolation element.

18. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the isolation element comprises a correlated electronic switch.

19. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the reversible resistance-switching memory element comprises a phase change memory element.

20. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the reversible resistance-switching memory element comprises one or more of a phase change material, a ferroelectric material, a metal oxide, and a barrier modulated switching structure.

21. A method comprising:

forming a non-volatile memory cell between a bit line and a word line, the non-volatile memory cell comprising a selector element coupled in series with a reversible resistance-switching memory element; and

forming a capacitor between the selector element and the reversible resistance-switching memory element,

wherein the capacitor has a value that substantially matches a parasitic capacitance of the bit line and the word line.

Assignments (4)
PARTIAL RELEASE OF SECURITY INTERESTS Recorded Apr 25, 2025
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS AGENT
To: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 071382/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 25, 2025
From: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071050/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2024
From: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 069796/0423 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2018
From: GROBIS, MICHAEL K.; STEWART, DEREK; TERRIS, BRUCE D.
To: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 046231/0958 →
Continuity (1)
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