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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2005
Applicants:
Juri Krieger, Brookline, MA (US);
Stuart Spitzer, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Juri Krieger, Brookline, MA (US);
Stuart Spitzer, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Spansion LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present memory device includes first and second electrodes, a passive layer between the first and second electrodes, and an active layer between the passive layer and the second electrode. In undertaking an operation on the memory device, ions moves into within and from within the active layer, and the active layer is oriented so that the atoms of the active layer provide minimum obstruction to the movement of the ions into, within and from the active layer.