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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2004
Applicants:
Véronique Sousa, Grenoble, FR;
Pierre Desre, Meylan, FR;
Inventors:
Véronique Sousa, Grenoble, FR;
Pierre Desre, Meylan, FR;
Assignee:
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A phase-change memory cell including, between two electrical contacts, a portion in a memory material with amorphous-crystalline phase-change and vice versa, as a stack with a central area located between two outmost areas. An interface, inert or quasi-inert from a physico-chemical point of view, is present between the active central area and each passive outmost area. Each passive outmost area is made in a material having a melting temperature higher than that of the material of the active central area.