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Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2007
Applicants:

Hyeong-geun an, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Hideki Horii, Gangnam-gu, KR;

Jong-chan Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;

Dong-ho Ahn, Suwon-si, KR;

Jun-soo Bae, Hawseong-si, KR;

Inventors:

Hyeong-geun An, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Hideki Horii, Gangnam-gu, KR;

Jong-chan Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;

Dong-ho Ahn, Suwon-si, KR;

Jun-soo Bae, Hawseong-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Provided is a phase-change memory device including a phase-change material pattern of which strips are shared by neighboring cells. The phase-change memory device includes a plurality of bottom electrodes arranged in a matrix array. The phase-change material pattern is formed on the bottom electrodes, and the strips of the phase-change material pattern are electrically connected to the bottom electrodes. Each strip of the phase-change material pattern is connected to at least two diagonally neighboring bottom electrodes of the bottom electrodes.


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