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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2009
Ming-daou Lee, Chiayi, TW;
Erh-kun Lai, Elmsford, NY (US);
Kuang-yeu Hsieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei-chih Chien, Taipei, TW;
Chien-hung Yeh, Jhonghe, TW;
Ming-Daou Lee, Chiayi, TW;
Erh-Kun Lai, Elmsford, NY (US);
Kuang-Yeu Hsieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei-Chih Chien, Taipei, TW;
Chien-Hung Yeh, Jhonghe, TW;
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
Memory devices are described along with methods for manufacturing and methods for operating. A memory device as described herein includes a plurality of memory cells located between word lines and bit lines. Memory cells in the plurality of memory cells comprise a diode and a metal-oxide memory element programmable to a plurality of resistance states including a first and a second resistance state, the diode of the memory element arranged in electrical series along a current path between a corresponding word line and a corresponding bit line. The device further includes bias circuitry to apply bias arrangements across the series arrangement of the diode and the memory element of a selected memory cell in the plurality of memory cells.