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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2012
Applicants:

Masayuki Shimuta, Kanagawa, JP;

Shuichiro Yasuda, Kanagawa, JP;

Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Kanagawa, JP;

Kazuhiro Ohba, Miyagi, JP;

Katsuhisa Aratani, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Masayuki Shimuta, Kanagawa, JP;

Shuichiro Yasuda, Kanagawa, JP;

Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Kanagawa, JP;

Kazuhiro Ohba, Miyagi, JP;

Katsuhisa Aratani, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/02 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); H01L 45/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/0007 (2013.01); G11C 13/0011 (2013.01); G11C 2213/55 (2013.01); H01L 45/085 (2013.01); H01L 45/1233 (2013.01); H01L 45/1266 (2013.01); H01L 45/144 (2013.01); H01L 45/146 (2013.01); H01L 27/2436 (2013.01); H01L 27/2472 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory element includes: a first electrode, a memory layer, and a second electrode in this order. The memory layer includes a resistance change layer provided on the first electrode side, and an ion source layer containing one or more of metallic elements, and the ion source layer being provided on the second electrode side. The ion source layer includes a first ion source layer and a second ion source layer, the first ion source layer containing one or more of chalcogen elements of tellurium (Te), sulfur (S), and selenium (Se) and being provided on the resistance change layer side, and the second ion source layer containing the chalcogen element with a content different from a content in the first ion source layer and being provided on the second electrode side.


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