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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Cerfe Labs, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Saurabh Vinayak Suryavanshi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lucian Shifren, San Jose, CA (US);
Carlos Alberto Paz de Araujo, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Jolanta Bozena Celinska, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
Cerfe Labs, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); H01L 45/00 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 45/1616 (2013.01); G11C 13/0002 (2013.01); H01L 45/1233 (2013.01); H01L 45/1641 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are disclosed herein for controlling the switching characteristics of correlated electron material (CEM) switching devices. The methods comprise one or more of controlling a density of grain boundaries in the CEM layer, controlling an open pore porosity in the CEM layer and controlling a surface area of exposed surfaces of the CEM layer during the fabrication of the CEM switching devices.