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Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2013
Applicant:

Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Ryutaro Yasuhara, Osaka, JP;

Takeki Ninomiya, Osaka, JP;

Takeshi Takagi, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:
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); H01L 45/1608 (2013.01);
Abstract

A non-volatile memory element including a first electrode; a second electrode; and a variable resistance layer. The variable resistance layer including, when a first metal is M and a second metal is N: a third metal oxide layer NO; a second metal oxide layer NO; and a first metal oxide layer MOsuch that the third, second and first metal oxide layers are stacked in this order; wherein when an oxygen content atomic percentage of an oxide of the first metal M in a stoichiometric state is A, an oxygen content atomic percentage of an oxide of the second metal N in a stoichiometric state is B, an oxygen content atomic percentage of MOis C, an oxygen content atomic percentage of NOis D, and an oxygen content atomic percentage of NOis E, (D/B)<(C/A), (E/B)<(C/A) and y<z are satisfied.


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