A phase change memory (PCM) cell includes a first electrode comprised of a first electrically conductive material, a second electrode comprised of a second electrically conductive material, and a phase change section positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. The phase change section includes a first phase change material having a first resistance drift coefficient, and a second phase change material having a second resistance drift coefficient that is greater than the first resistance drift coefficient. An axis of the PCM cell extends between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the second phase change material is offset from the first phase change material in a direction that is perpendicular to the axis.

A memory device comprising a three dimensional crosspoint memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells, wherein a memory cell is coupled between a first access line and a second access line and comprises an electrode coupled to a storage element, wherein the electrode comprises silicon carbide (Si.sub.xC.sub.y).

An electronic chip includes at least a first array of first elementary cells and a second array of second elementary cells. The first and second elementary cells form two types of phase change memory having a storage element formed by a volume of phase change material having either a crystalline state or an amorphous state depending on the bit stored. Each first elementary cell includes a volume of a first phase change material, and each second elementary cell includes a volume of a second phase change material that is different from the first material. Each elementary cell includes a heating connector configured for the passage of a heating current adapted to cause a phase change of the volume of phase change material of the elementary cell.

An electronic chip includes at least a first array of first elementary cells and a second array of second elementary cells. The first and second elementary cells form two types of phase change memory having a storage element formed by a volume of phase change material having either a crystalline state or an amorphous state depending on the bit stored. Each first elementary cell includes a volume of a first phase change material, and each second elementary cell includes a volume of a second phase change material that is different from the first material. Each elementary cell includes a heating connector configured for the passage of a heating current adapted to cause a phase change of the volume of phase change material of the elementary cell.

Some embodiments include a method of forming an arrangement. A first tier is formed to include CMOS circuitry. A second tier is formed to include an assembly which has first and second sets of memory cells on opposing sides of a coupling region. A support material is adjacent the first and second sets of the memory cells, and an intervening material is adjacent the support material. The support material has a different composition than the intervening material. A conductive interconnect extends through the intervening material. An upper surface of the assembly is polished to reduce an overall height of the assembly. The support material provides support during the polishing to protect the memory cells from being eroded during the polishing. The conductive interconnect of the second tier is coupled with the CMOS circuitry of the first tier. Some embodiments include multitier arrangements.

A memory device including a first array of rail structures that extend along a first horizontal direction, in which each of the rail structures are formed to serve as a bottom electrode, and a second array of rail structures that laterally extend along a second horizontal direction and are laterally spaced apart along the first horizontal direction. Each of the rail structures in the second array are formed to server as a top electrode. The memory device also includes a continuous dielectric memory layer located between the first array of rail structures and the second array of rail structures. The continuous dielectric memory layer providing protection from current leakage between the rail structures of the first array and the rail structures of the second array.

Provided are a memory cell structure, a memory array structure, and a voltage biasing method. The memory cell structure includes: a substrate layer, a well layer and a transistor. The substrate layer is configured to support the memory cell structure; the well layer is embedded in the substrate layer, an upper surface of the well layer is flush with an upper surface of the substrate layer, and a transistor is arranged on the well layer. In the present disclosure, a deep well bias is performed on the memory cell structure, so that the well voltage of the memory cell may be individually biased to a specific voltage, and in combination with the redesigned memory cell array structure, the applied programming voltage mostly falls on the memory cell structure. This reduces the programming voltage of the memory cell, and avoids a breakdown of the selecting transistor due to an excessively large voltage, thereby ensuring a great reliability of the device and a higher efficiency within the area of the memory cell array structure.

A phase change memory (PCM) cell comprises a first electrode comprised of a first electrically conductive material, a second electrode comprised of a second electrically conductive material, a first phase change layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode and being comprised of a first phase change material, and a second phase change layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode and being comprised of a second phase change material. The first phase change material has a first resistivity, the second phase change material has a second resistivity, and wherein the first resistivity is at least two times the second resistivity.

A semiconductor device includes: a plurality of first conductive lines and extending in a first direction different from a second direction, a third direction and a fourth direction, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the fourth direction; a plurality of second conductive lines extending in the fourth direction to intersect the first conductive lines to form intersection regions and spaced apart from the plurality of first conductive lines; and a plurality of memory cells disposed relative to the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines so as to respectively overlap the intersection regions of the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines and arranged along lines that are parallel to the first direction, the second direction and the third direction, the plurality of memory cells respectively positioned at vertices of an imaginary equilateral triangle having three sides parallel to the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction, wherein each first conductive line overlaps the plurality of memory cells arranged in the first direction, and each second conductive line overlaps the plurality of memory cells displaced from one another in the fourth direction.

A semiconductor device includes: a plurality of first conductive lines and extending in a first direction different from a second direction, a third direction and a fourth direction, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the fourth direction; a plurality of second conductive lines extending in the fourth direction to intersect the first conductive lines to form intersection regions and spaced apart from the plurality of first conductive lines; and a plurality of memory cells disposed relative to the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines so as to respectively overlap the intersection regions of the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines and arranged along lines that are parallel to the first direction, the second direction and the third direction, the plurality of memory cells respectively positioned at vertices of an imaginary equilateral triangle having three sides parallel to the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction, wherein each first conductive line overlaps the plurality of memory cells arranged in the first direction, and each second conductive line overlaps the plurality of memory cells displaced from one another in the fourth direction.