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US08804398B2 Reversible resistive memory using diodes formed in CMOS processes as program selectors 有权
使用在CMOS工艺中形成的二极管作为程序选择器的可逆电阻存储器

  • Patent Title: Reversible resistive memory using diodes formed in CMOS processes as program selectors
  • Patent Title (中): 使用在CMOS工艺中形成的二极管作为程序选择器的可逆电阻存储器
  • Application No.: US13026852
    Application Date: 2011-02-14
  • Publication No.: US08804398B2
    Publication Date: 2014-08-12
  • Inventor: Shine C. Chung
  • Applicant: Shine C. Chung
  • Main IPC: G11C11/00
  • IPC: G11C11/00
Reversible resistive memory using diodes formed in CMOS processes as program selectors
Abstract:
Junction diodes fabricated in standard CMOS logic processes can be used as program selectors for reversible resistive memory cells that can be programmed based on magnitude, duration, voltage-limit, or current-limit of a supply voltage or current. These cells are PCM, RRAM, CBRAM, or other memory cells that have a reversible resistive element coupled to a diode. The diode can be constructed by P+ and N+ active regions on an N well as the P and N terminals of the diode. The memory cells can be used to construct a two-dimensional memory array with the N terminals of the diodes in a row connected as a wordline and the reversible resistive elements in a column connected as a bitline. By applying a voltage or a current to a selected bitline and to a selected wordline to turn on the diode, a selected cell can be programmed into different states reversibly based on magnitude, duration, voltage-limit, or current-limit. The data in the reversible resistive memory can also be read by turning on a selected wordline to couple a selected bitline to a sense amplifier. The wordlines may have high-resistivity local wordlines coupled to low-resistive global wordlines through conductive contact(s) or via(s).
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