IP Library Granted Patent US 12,453,293
Granted Patent B2
US 12,453,293 · App. 17/564,331 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Redundant bottom pad and sacrificial via contact for process induced RRAM forming

Inventors: Youngseok Kim (Upper Saddle River, NJ); Takashi Ando (Eastchester, NY); Hiroyuki Miyazoe (White Plains, NY); Soon-Cheon Seo (Glenmont, NY); Dexin Kong (Redmond, WA)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H10N70/041H10B63/30H10N70/245H10N70/826
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Patent No.
US 12,453,293
App. No.
17/564,331
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resistive memory includes: a bottom electrode; a first contact on the bottom electrode; a switching material pad on the first contact, wherein the switching material pad includes an oxide and a plurality of current conducting filaments in the oxide; a top electrode on the switching material pad; a plurality of sacrificial vias contacting the bottom electrode; a second contact that is connected to the bottom electrode; and a third contact that is connected to the top electrode.

Claims (49)

1. A resistive memory comprising:

a bottom electrode;

a first contact on the bottom electrode;

a switching material pad on the first contact, wherein the switching material pad includes an oxide and a plurality of current conducting filaments in the oxide;

a top electrode on the switching material pad;

a plurality of sacrificial vias contacting the bottom electrode;

a second contact that is connected to the bottom electrode; and

a third contact that is connected to the top electrode.

2. The resistive memory of claim 1 , further comprising:

a substrate;

an interlevel dielectric layer on the substrate; and

a transistor in the interlevel dielectric layer, wherein the transistor comprises:

a source terminal;

a drain terminal; and

a gate terminal,

wherein the third contact is electrically connected to the transistor.

3. The resistive memory of claim 2 , wherein the third contact is electrically connected to the drain terminal of the transistor.

4. The resistive memory of claim 1 , further comprising a bottom plate, wherein the bottom electrode extends from the bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate is connected to a plurality of bottom electrodes, including the bottom electrode.

5. The resistive memory of claim 1 , further comprising a bottom plate, wherein the bottom electrode is connected to the bottom plate by a metal lead configured to limit a current supplied to a memory cell comprising the switching material pad.

6. The resistive memory of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sacrificial vias comprise:

a passivation liner; and

an insulating material fill on the passivation liner.

7. A resistive memory comprising:

a substrate;

an interlevel dielectric layer on the substrate;

a transistor in the interlevel dielectric layer;

a bottom electrode;

a first contact on the bottom electrode;

a switching material pad on the first contact, wherein the switching material pad includes a plurality of current conducting filaments;

a top electrode on the switching material pad;

a plurality of sacrificial vias contacting the bottom electrode;

a second contact that is connected to the bottom electrode; and

a third contact that is connected to the top electrode, wherein the third contact is electrically connected to the transistor.

8. The resistive memory of claim 7 , wherein the transistor comprises:

a source terminal;

a drain terminal; and

a gate terminal.

9. The resistive memory of claim 8 , wherein the third contact is electrically connected to the drain terminal of the transistor.

10. The resistive memory of claim 7 , further comprising a bottom plate, wherein the bottom electrode extends from the bottom plate.

11. The resistive memory of claim 10 , wherein the bottom plate is connected to a plurality of bottom electrodes, including the bottom electrode.

12. The resistive memory of claim 10 , further comprising a bottom plate, wherein the bottom electrode is connected to the bottom plate by a metal lead configured to limit a current supplied to a memory cell comprising the switching material pad.

13. The resistive memory of claim 7 , further comprising:

a bottom electrode plate; and

a plurality of bottom electrode lines, wherein a first bottom electrode line of the plurality of bottom electrode lines is connected to the bottom electrode.

14. The resistive memory of claim 7 , wherein the first contact is above the interlevel dielectric layer.

15. The resistive memory of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of sacrificial vias comprise:

a passivation liner; and

an insulating material fill on the passivation liner.

16. The resistive memory of claim 7 , wherein the switching material pad includes an oxide.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2022
From: KIM, YOUNGSEOK; ANDO, TAKASHI; MIYAZOE, HIROYUKI; SEO, SOON-CHEON; KONG, DEXIN
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058537/0130 →
Continuity (1)
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