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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
May. 30, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Ilmok Park, Seoul, KR;
Kyusul Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Seulji Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Kwang-Woo Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A variable resistance memory device includes a word line extending in a first direction, a bit line on the word line and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a switching pattern between the bit line and the word line, a phase change pattern between the switching pattern and the word line, and a bottom electrode between the phase change pattern and the word line, wherein the phase change pattern has a bottom area greater than a top area of the bottom electrode, a thickness of the phase change pattern being greater than a thickness of the bottom electrode, and wherein the bottom and top areas are defined in the first and second directions, and the thicknesses are defined in a third direction intersecting the first and second directions.