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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2004
Applicants:
Katsuhisa Aratani, Chiba, JP;
Akira Kouchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Ishida, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 45/085 (2013.01); H01L 45/1233 (2013.01); H01L 45/1266 (2013.01); H01L 45/144 (2013.01); H01L 45/145 (2013.01); H01L 45/146 (2013.01); H01L 45/1625 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory element includes an amorphous thin-film that is between a first electrode and a second electrode in which at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode contains Ag or Cu. The amorphous thin film is a non-phase changing, amorphous material. A storage device includes a plurality of memory elements. Each memory element includes a wiring connected to a side of the first electrode and a wiring connected to a side of the second electrode.