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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Deepak Chandra Sekar, San Jose, CA (US);
Franz Kreupl, München, DE;
Raghuveer S. Makala, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Deepak Chandra Sekar, San Jose, CA (US);
Franz Kreupl, München, DE;
Raghuveer S. Makala, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
SanDisk 3D LLC, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 47/00 (2006.01); H01L 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 45/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a first aspect, a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) stack is provided that includes (1) a first conductive layer comprising a silicon-germanium (SiGe) alloy; (2) a resistivity-switching layer comprising a metal oxide layer formed above the first conductive layer; and (3) a second conductive layer formed above the resistivity-switching layer. A memory cell may be formed from the MIM stack. Numerous other aspects are provided.