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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2013
Applicants:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Macronix International Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Huai-Yu Cheng, White Plains, NY (US);
Simone Raoux, New York, NY (US);
Assignees:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 45/148 (2013.01); H01L 45/06 (2013.01); H01L 45/1233 (2013.01);
Abstract
A phase change memory cell. The phase change memory cell includes a substrate and a phase change material. The phase change material is deposited on the substrate for performing a phase change function in the phase change memory cell. The phase change material is an alloy having a mass density change of less than three percent during a transition between an amorphous phase and a crystalline phase.