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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2009
Chun-i Hsieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Chang-rong Wu, Taipei County, TW;
Chun-I Hsieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Chang-Rong Wu, Taipei County, TW;
Nanya Technology Corp., Tao-Yuan Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A non-volatile memory cell and the fabrication method thereof are provided. The non-volatile memory cell comprises a top electrode, a bottom electrode and an oxide layer disposed between the top electrode and the bottom electrode. The oxide layer comprises a relatively low oxygen content layer adjacent to the bottom electrode, a relatively high oxygen content layer adjacent to the top electrode, and a transition layer disposed between the relatively high and the relatively low oxygen content layers. The transition layer has an oxygen concentration within a range between those of the relatively high and the relatively low oxygen content layers.