Resistance type memory device
AssigneeMacronix International Co., Ltd.
InventorsMing-Daou Lee, Chia-Hua Ho, Erh-Kun Lai, Kuang-Yeu Hsieh
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Abstract
A resistance type memory device is provided. The resistance type memory device includes a first and a second conductors and a metal oxide layer. The metal oxide layer is disposed between the first and the second conductors, and the resistance type memory device is defined in a first resistivity. The resistance type memory device is defined in a second resistivity after a first pulse voltage is applied to the metal oxide layer. The resistance type memory device is defined in a third resistivity after a second pulse voltage is applied to the metal oxide layer. The second resistivity is greater than the first resistivity, and the first resistivity is greater than the third resistivity.
Claims9
A resistance type memory device with a first resistivity, a second resistivity, and a third resistivity, comprising:
- a first and a second conductors, and
- a means for enabling the resistance type memory device to have the second resistivity in an operating mode with a first pulse voltage, and for enabling the resistance type memory device to have the third resistivity in an operating mode with a second pulse voltage, wherein the means is disposed between the first and the second conductors, and the means is monometallic oxide, the second resistivity is greater than the first resistivity, and the first resistivity is greater than the third resistivity, wherein the means further enables the resistance type memory device to have a fourth resistivity in an operating mode with a third pulse voltage, and the third resistivity is greater than the fourth resistivity.
A resistance type memory device with a first storage state, a second storage state, and a third storage state, comprising:
- a bottom electrode and a top electrode;
- a means for enabling the resistance type memory device to have the first storage state in an operating mode with a first pulse voltage, for enabling the resistance type memory device to have the second storage state in an operating mode with the first pulse voltage and a second pulse voltage, and for enabling the resistance type memory device to have the third storage state in an operating mode with the first pulse voltage, the second pulse voltage, and a third pulse voltage, wherein the means is disposed between the bottom and the top conductors, and the means is monometallic oxide, and a polarity of the first pulse voltage is different from a polarity of the second and the third pulse voltages.
A resistance type memory device with a first storage state, a second storage state, and a third storage state, comprising:
- a first and a second electrodes;
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- a means for enabling the resistance type memory device to have the first storage state in an operating mode with a first pulse voltage, for enabling the resistance type memory device to have the second storage state in an operating mode with the first pulse voltage and a second pulse voltage, and for enabling the resistance type memory device to have the third storage state in an operating mode with the first pulse voltage and a third pulse voltage, wherein the means is coupled with the first and the second electrodes, the means is monometallic oxide, and the third pulse voltage is greater than the second pulse voltage,
- wherein the means further enables the resistance type memory device to have the fourth storage state in an operating mode with the first and a fourth pulse voltages, and the fourth pulse voltage is greater than the third pulse voltage.
A resistance type memory device with a first resistivity, a second resistivity, and a third resistivity, comprising:
- a first and a second conductors, and
- a means for enabling the resistance type memory device to have the second resistivity in an operating mode with a first pulse voltage, and for enabling the resistance type memory device to have the third resistivity in an operating mode with a second pulse voltage, wherein the means is disposed between the first and the second conductors, and the means is monometallic oxide, the second resistivity is greater than the first resistivity, and the first resistivity is greater than the third resistivity, wherein the means and one of the first conductor and the second conductor have the same metal element, the means further enables the resistance type memory device to have a fourth resistivity in an operating mode with a third pulse voltage, and the third resistivity is greater than the fourth resistivity.
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