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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Ken Kawai, Osaka, JP;
Koji Katayama, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/0069 (2013.01); G11C 13/0002 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A forming method includes: applying a first pulse voltage to a second electrode to a variable-resistance nonvolatile memory element in first state; and executing at least once a sequence that includes determining whether the variable-resistance nonvolatile memory element is in a second state, and continuously applying a second pulse voltage followed by a third pulse voltage to the variable-resistance nonvolatile memory element when the variable-resistance nonvolatile memory element is determined not to be in the second state.