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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takeyuki Sone, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/0069 (2013.01); G11C 13/0097 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0083 (2013.01); G11C 2213/79 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a storage unit including: a storage device configured to store a resistance state, the resistance state being changeable between a first state and a second state; and a driving section, when setting the resistance state to the first state, applying a first pulse having a first polarity to the storage device, the driving section, when setting the resistance state to the second state, applying a second pulse having a second polarity to the storage device, then temporarily applying a third pulse having the first polarity, and applying the second pulse again, the first polarity and the second polarity differing from each other.