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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kiran Pangal, Fremont, CA (US);
Max F. Hineman, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 45/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 45/1293 (2013.01); H01L 27/2481 (2013.01); H01L 45/06 (2013.01); H01L 45/1233 (2013.01); H01L 45/144 (2013.01); H01L 45/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermal isolation layer is formed between the bit line (BL) layers or word line (WL) layers of the decks of a multi-deck phase-change cross-point memory to mitigate thermal problem disturb of memory cells that tends to increase as memory sizes are scaled smaller. Embodiments of the subject matter disclosed herein are suitable for, but are not limited to, solid-state memory arrays and solid-state drives.