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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2022
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Soon-Cheon Seo, Glenmont, NY (US);
Chanro Park, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Takashi Ando, Eastchester, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A memory device including a trench to a first electrically conductive structure; a first electrode of a conformal electrically conductive material contained within the trench in electrical communication with the first electrically conductive structure and is present on sidewalls of the trench; a switching layer is present in the trench on the first electrode and extends outside the trench; and a second electrode present on the switching layer overfilling the trench. The memory device also includes a contact positioned on a portion of the second electrode that is overfilling the trench to provide that the contact is horizontally offset from the first electrode that is present in the trench.