Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phase change memory device having tapered portion of the bottom memory layer
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Application No.: US17695704Application Date: 2022-03-15
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Publication No.: US11805712B2Publication Date: 2023-10-31
- Inventor: Tung-Ying Lee , Shao-Ming Yu , Yu-Chao Lin
- Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Maschoff Brennan
- The original application number of the division: US16414582 2019.05.16
- Main IPC: H10N70/20
- IPC: H10N70/20 ; H10N70/00

Abstract:
A phase change memory device includes a bottom conductive line, a dielectric layer, a bottom memory layer, and a top electrode. The dielectric layer covers the bottom conductive line. The bottom memory layer is in the dielectric layer and is electrically connected to the bottom conductive line. The bottom memory layer includes a tapered portion and a neck portion. The tapered portion is over the bottom conductive line and is tapered toward the bottom conductive line. The neck portion is directly between the tapered portion and the bottom conductive line. The neck portion has a substantially constant width. The top electrode is over and electrically connected to the bottom memory layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220209106A1 PHASE CHANGE MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2022-06-30
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