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US 12,022,669 B2Granted
Organic molecular memory
AssigneeKioxia Corporation
InventorsKenji Nakamura, Hideyuki Nishizawa
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Abstract
An organic molecular memory of embodiments includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; an organic molecular layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, extending in a first direction from the first electrode toward the second electrode, and containing a first molecule and a second molecule provided between the first molecule and the second electrode; and a third electrode facing the second molecule.
Claims24
An organic molecular memory, comprising:
- a first electrode;
- a second electrode;
- an organic molecular layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, extending in a first direction from the first electrode toward the second electrode, containing a first molecule and a second molecule, and the second molecule being provided between the first molecule and the second electrode;
- and
- a third electrode facing the second molecule,
- wherein the second molecule is provided between a part of the second electrode and the third electrode in a second direction crossing the first direction,
- a distance between the part of the second electrode and the second molecule in the second direction is shorter than a length of the second molecule in the second direction,
- the first molecule contains a first cyclic structure with constituent atoms forming a first face,
- the second molecule contains a second cyclic structure with constituent atoms forming a second face, and
- the first face and the second face face each other in the first direction.
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An organic molecular memory, comprising:
- a first memory string extending in a first direction;
- a second memory string extending in the first direction;
- a third memory string extending in the first direction;
- a first wiring extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and provided corresponding to the first memory string and the second memory string;
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- a second wiring extending in the second direction and provided corresponding to the third memory string,
- wherein each of the first memory string, the second memory string, and the third memory string includes:
- a first electrode;
- a second electrode provided between the first electrode and the first wiring or between the first electrode and the second wiring;
- an organic molecular layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, extending in the first direction, containing a first molecule and a second molecule, and the second molecule being provided between the first molecule and the second electrode;
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- a third electrode facing the second molecule,
- wherein the second molecule is provided between a part of the second electrode and the third electrode in a third direction crossing the first direction,
- a distance between the part of the second electrode and the second molecule in the third direction is shorter than a length of the second molecule in the third direction,
- the first molecule contains a first cyclic structure with constituent atoms forming a first face,
- the second molecule contains a second cyclic structure with constituent atoms forming a second face, and
- the first face and the second face face each other in the first direction.
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