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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2008
Shigeo Furuta, Tsukuba, JP;
Yuichiro Masuda, Tsukuba, JP;
Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Tsukuba, JP;
Masatoshi Ono, Tsukuba, JP;
Shigeo Furuta, Tsukuba, JP;
Yuichiro Masuda, Tsukuba, JP;
Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Tsukuba, JP;
Masatoshi Ono, Tsukuba, JP;
Funai Electric Advanced Applied Technology Research Institute Inc., Tsukuba-shi, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Dalto-shi, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a memory element array comprising a plurality of memory elements arranged in an array, wherein the memory elements are switching elements each including a gap of nanometer order in which a switching phenomenon of resistance is caused by applying a predetermined voltage between electrodes, and the memory element array is provided with tunnel elements respectively connected to the switching elements in series, each of the tunnel elements preventing generation of a sneak path current flowing to another switching element at a time of applying the predetermined voltage.