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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ulvac Technologies, Inc., Methuen, MA (US);
Gloria Wing Yun Fraczak, Queens, NY (US);
Matthew Brightsky, Pound Ridge, NY (US);
Chung Hon Lam, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Fabio Carta, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Robert Bruce, White Plains, NY (US);
Takeshi Masuda, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Koukou Suu, Tokyo, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Method(s) and apparatuses for forming a phase change memory. A method includes: forming a crystalline phase-change layer at a first position in along a surface of a first semiconductor layer, and forming an amorphous phase-change layer at a second position along the surface of a second semiconductor layer, wherein the crystalline phase-change layer and the amorphous phase-change layer are in contact.