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Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2014
Applicant:

Intermolecular, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ashish Bodke, San Jose, CA (US);

Mark Clark, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Kevin Kashefi, San Ramon, CA (US);

Prashant B. Phatak, San Jose, CA (US);

Dipankar Pramanik, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intermolecular, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H01L 29/768 (2006.01); H01L 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 45/1253 (2013.01); H01L 45/1233 (2013.01); H01L 45/148 (2013.01);
Abstract

Selector elements that can be suitable for nonvolatile memory device applications are disclosed. The selector element can have low leakage currents at low voltages to reduce sneak current paths for non-selected devices, and higher leakage currents at higher voltages to minimize voltage drops during device switching. The selector element can include insulator layers between the semiconductor layer and the metal layers to lower the leakage current of the device. The metal layers of the selector element can include conductive materials such as tungsten, titanium nitride, or combinations thereof.


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