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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2006
Swaroop Kaza, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sameer Haddad, San Jose, CA (US);
Swaroop Kaza, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sameer Haddad, San Jose, CA (US);
Spansion LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of programming and erasing a memory device is provided. The memory device includes first and second electrodes and a switching layer therebetween. A first on-state resistance characteristic of the memory device is provided in programming the memory device by application of a first voltage to the gate of a transistor in series with the memory device. Other on-state resistance characteristics of the memory device, different from the first on-state resistance characteristic, may be provided by application of other voltages, different from the first voltage, to the gate of the transistor.