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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Ootsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A memory storage device including: a lower electrode formed to be separated for each of memory cells; a memory storage layer formed on the lower electrode and capable of recording information according to a change in resistance; and an upper electrode formed on the memory storage layer, wherein the memory storage device includes a first layer formed of metal or metal silicide and a second layer formed on the first layer and formed of a metal nitride, the lower electrode is formed by lamination of the first layer and the second layer and formed such that only the first layer is in contact with a lower layer and only the second layer is in contact with the memory storage layer, which is an upper layer, the memory storage layer is formed in common to plural memory cells, and the upper electrode is formed in common to the plural memory cells.