Structure and method to fabricate resistive memory with vertical pre-determined filament

Abstract

A non-volatile memory device and a semiconductor structure including a vertical resistive memory cell and a fabrication method therefor. The semiconductor structure including a target metal contact; a horizontal dielectric layer; and at least one vertically oriented memory cell, each vertically oriented memory cell including a vertical memory resistive element having top and bottom electrical contacts, and including a vertically-oriented seam including conductive material and extending vertically from, and electrically connected to, the bottom electrical contact, the vertically-oriented seam and the bottom electrical contact entirely located in the horizontal dielectric layer; and one of the top and bottom electrical contacts being electrically connected to the target metal contact. The target electrical contact can be electrically connected to a memory cell selector device.