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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2019
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Shuichiro Yasuda, Boise, ID (US);

Noel Rocklein, Boise, ID (US);

Scott E. Sills, Boise, ID (US);

Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy, Boise, ID (US);

Qian Tao, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 45/1616 (2013.01); H01L 45/04 (2013.01); H01L 45/085 (2013.01); H01L 45/1233 (2013.01); H01L 45/1253 (2013.01); H01L 45/1266 (2013.01); H01L 45/145 (2013.01); H01L 45/146 (2013.01); H01L 45/147 (2013.01);
Abstract

Some embodiments include a method of forming a memory cell. A first portion of a switching region is formed over a first electrode. A second portion of the switching region is formed over the first portion using atomic layer deposition. The second portion is a different composition than the first portion. An ion source region is formed over the switching region. A second electrode is formed over the ion source region. Some embodiments include a memory cell having a switching region between a pair of electrodes. The switching region is configured to be reversibly transitioned between a low resistive state and a high resistive state. The switching region includes two or more discrete portions, with one of the portions not having a non-oxygen component in common with any composition directly against it in the high resistive state.


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