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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2012
Wei Ti Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Chakravarthy Gopalan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yi MA, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kuei-chang Tsai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey Shields, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Janet Wang, Los Altos, CA (US);
Wei Ti Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Chakravarthy Gopalan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yi Ma, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kuei-Chang Tsai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey Shields, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Janet Wang, Los Altos, CA (US);
Adesto Technologies Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a resistive switching device includes a bottom electrode, a switching layer, a buffer layer, and a top electrode. The switching layer is disposed over the bottom electrode. The buffer layer is disposed over the switching layer and provides a buffer of ions of a memory metal. The buffer layer includes an alloy of the memory metal with an alloying element, which includes antimony, tin, bismuth, aluminum, germanium, silicon, or arsenic. The top electrode is disposed over the buffer layer and provides a source of the memory metal.