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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
May. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
Jau-Yi Wu, Zhubei, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 70/00 (2023.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); H10B 63/00 (2023.01); H10N 70/20 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 70/231 (2023.02); G11C 13/0004 (2013.01); G11C 13/003 (2013.01); H10B 63/30 (2023.02); H10N 70/021 (2023.02); H10N 70/826 (2023.02); H10N 70/8828 (2023.02); G11C 2213/79 (2013.01);
Abstract
A phase-change memory device and method of manufacturing the same, the memory device including: a substrate; a bottom electrode disposed over the substrate; a top electrode disposed over the bottom electrode; and a phase-change layer disposed between the top and bottom electrodes. The phase change layer includes a chalcogenide Ge—Sb—Te (GST) material that includes at least 30 at % Ge and that is doped with a dopant including N, Si, Sc, Ga, C, or any combination thereof.