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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2013
Sandisk 3d Llc, Milpitas, CA (US);
Yung-Tin Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chuanbin Pan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrei Mihnea, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven Maxwell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kun Hou, Milpitas, CA (US);
SanDisk 3D LLC, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a memory cell is provided that includes a metal-insulator-metal stack and a steering element coupled to the metal-insulator-metal stack. The metal-insulator-metal stack includes a first conductive layer, a reversible resistivity switching layer above the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer above the reversible resistivity switching layer. The first conductive layer and/or the second conductive layer includes a first semiconductor material layer. The steering element includes the first semiconductor material layer. Numerous other aspects are provided.