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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
May. 12, 2021
Tetramem Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Minxian Zhang, Amherst, MA (US);
Ning Ge, Danville, CA (US);
TetraMem Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to resistive random-access memory (RRAM) devices. In some embodiments, a RRAM device may include a first electrode; a second electrode comprising an alloy containing tantalum; and a switching oxide layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the switching oxide layer includes at least one transition metal oxide. The alloy containing tantalum may further contain at least one of hafnium, molybdenum, tungsten, niobium, or zirconium. In some embodiments, the alloy containing tantalum may include one or more of a binary alloy containing tantalum, a ternary alloy containing tantalum, a quaternary alloy containing tantalum, a quinary alloy containing tantalum, a senary alloy containing tantalum, and a high order alloy containing tantalum.