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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Hidenari Hachino, Nagasaki, JP;
Nobumichi Okazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhisa Aratani, Chiba, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is to provide a memory device including: a plurality of memory cells that each include a memory element having a memory layer and first and second electrodes that sandwich the memory layer, the plurality of memory cells being divided into memory blocks of m columns by n rows (m and n are each an integer of not less than 1, m+n≧3), the memory elements in the same memory block having the first electrode that is formed of a single layer in common to the memory elements; and a voltage application unit that applies any voltage to the first electrode of the memory block.