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US 12,225,835 B2Granted
Resistive switching device having a protective electrode ring
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTakashi Ando, Ruilong Xie, Alexander Reznicek, Pouya Hashemi
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a structure that includes a resistive switching device (RSD). The RSD includes a first terminal having an outer sidewall surface; a second terminal; an active region having a switchable conduction state; and a first protective layer on the outer sidewall surface of the first terminal.
Claims20
A structure comprising:
- a resistive switching device (RSD) comprising:
- a first terminal having an outer sidewall surface;
- a second terminal;
- an active region having a switchable conduction state;
- an undercut region at least partially defined by the outer sidewall surface and a portion of a top surface of the active region;
- and
- a first protective layer within the undercut region.
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A method of forming a structure, the method comprising:
- forming a resistive switching device (RSD) comprising:
- a first terminal;
- a first terminal undercut region at least partially defined by an outer sidewall surface of the first terminal;
- a second terminal;
- an active region having a switchable conduction state;
- and
- a first protective layer within the first terminal undercut region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.