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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Minoru Ikarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhisa Aratani, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Minoru Ikarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhisa Aratani, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory device includes: first and second electrodes; a semiconductor layer of a first conduction type provided on the first electrode side; a solid electrolyte layer containing movable ions and provided on the second electrode side; and an amorphous semiconductor layer of a second conduction type which is provided between the semiconductor layer and the solid electrolyte layer so as to be in contact with the solid electrolyte layer and, at the time of application of voltage to the first and second electrodes, reversibly changes to the first conduction type.