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Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2016
Applicant:

Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Hsiang-Lan Lung, Ardsley, NY (US);

Yung-Han Ho, Taipei, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2006.01); G11C 11/15 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); H01L 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/0004 (2013.01); G11C 13/0069 (2013.01); H01L 45/06 (2013.01); H01L 45/1233 (2013.01); H01L 45/1246 (2013.01); H01L 45/144 (2013.01); H01L 45/1625 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0073 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory device comprising a conglomerate material interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode is provided. The conglomerate material includes nanocrystalline grains embedded in an amorphous matrix. During operations, phase change reactions occur at the inter-grain boundaries in the conglomerate material so as to reduce the operation power.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Lung, Hsiang-Lan. (2017). Phase change memory with inter-granular switching (U.S. Patent No. 9672906). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9672906

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