Reduced diffusion in metal electrode for two-terminal memory

    公开(公告)号:US10910561B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-02

    申请号:US15587560

    申请日:2017-05-05

    申请人: Crossbar, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H01L45/00 H01L27/24 G11C13/00

    摘要: Providing for two-terminal memory that mitigates diffusion of external material therein is described herein. In some embodiments, a two-terminal memory cell can comprise an electrode layer. The electrode layer can be at least in part permeable to ionically or chemically reactive material, such as oxygen or the like. The two-terminal memory can further comprise a diffusion mitigation material disposed between the electrode layer and external material. This diffusion mitigation material can be selected to mitigate or prevent diffusion of the undesired element(s) or compound(s), to mitigate or avoid exposure of such element(s) or compound(s) to the electrode layer. Accordingly, degradation of the two-terminal memory as a result of contact with the undesired element(s) or compound(s) can be mitigated by various disclosed embodiments.

    RESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY PROGRAM AND ERASE TECHNIQUES AND APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20190272882A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-05

    申请号:US16291467

    申请日:2019-03-04

    申请人: Crossbar, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G11C16/34 G11C16/26 G11C16/16

    摘要: A method for erasing a memory cell includes applying a first erase to memory cells to erase the memory cells, wherein first memory cells are in a weakly erased state in response to the first erase, and wherein second memory cells are in a normally erased state in response to the first erase, thereafter applying a first weak program to the memory cells, wherein the second memory cells enter a programmed state and the third memory cells remain in the erased state in response to the first weak program, and thereafter applying a read to the memory cells to identify the second memory cells, and applying a second erase to the second memory cells to thereby erase the second memory cells.