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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2010
Applicants:

Gilberto Ribeiro, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Janice H Nickel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jianhua Yang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gilberto Ribeiro, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Janice H Nickel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jianhua Yang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 45/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 45/1233 (2013.01); H01L 45/08 (2013.01); H01L 45/1246 (2013.01); H01L 45/146 (2013.01); H01L 45/148 (2013.01); H01L 45/1641 (2013.01); H01L 27/2463 (2013.01);
Abstract

A nanoscale switching device comprises a first electrode of a nanoscale width; a second electrode of a nanoscale width; an active region disposed between the first and second electrodes, the active region containing a switching material; an area within the active region that constrains current flow between the first electrode and the second electrode to a central portion of the active region; and an interlayer dielectric layer formed of a dielectric material and disposed between the first and second electrodes outside the active region. A nanoscale crossbar array and method of forming the nanoscale switching device are also disclosed.


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