A filament type non-volatile memory device, includes a first electrode, a second electrode and an active layer extending between the first electrode and the second electrode, the active layer electrically interconnecting the first electrode to the second electrode, the device being suitable for having: a low resistive state, in which a conducting filament electrically interconnecting the first electrode to the second electrode uninterruptedly extends from end to end through the active layer, the filament having a low electric resistance, and a highly resistive state, in which the filament is broken, the filament having a high electric resistance. The device further includes a shunt resistance electrically connected in parallel to the active layer, between the first electrode and the second electrode.

The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to forming memory cells having memory element dimensions. For example, a memory cell may include a first electrode, a select-element material between the first electrode and a second electrode, and a lamina between the select-element material and the first electrode. The first electrode may comprise a first portion, proximate to the lamina, having a first lateral dimension; and a second portion, distal from the lamina, having a second lateral dimension, wherein the second lateral dimension is greater than the first lateral dimension.

Subject matter disclosed herein relates to a memory device, and more particularly to a self-aligned cross-point phase change memory-switch array and methods of fabricating same.

Methods and apparatuses for a cross-point memory array and related fabrication techniques are described. The fabrication techniques described herein may facilitate concurrently building two or more decks of memory cells disposed in a cross-point architecture. Each deck of memory cells may include a plurality of first access lines (e.g., word lines), a plurality of second access lines (e.g., bit lines), and a memory component at each topological intersection of a first access line and a second access line. The fabrication technique may use a pattern of vias formed at a top layer of a composite stack, which may facilitate building a 3D memory array within the composite stack while using a reduced number of processing steps. The fabrication techniques may also be suitable for forming a socket region where the 3D memory array may be coupled with other components of a memory device.

The present disclosure provides a 1T1R resistive random access memory and a manufacturing method thereof, and a device. The 1T1R resistive random access memory includes: a memory cell array composed of multiple 1T1R resistive random access memory cells, each 1T1R resistive random access memory cell including a transistor and a resistance switching device (30). The transistor includes a channel layer (201), a gate layer (204) insulated from the channel layer (201), and a drain layer (203) and a source layer (202) disposed on the channel layer (201), and the drain layer (203) and the source layer (202) are vertically distributed on the channel layer (201). The resistance change device (30) is disposed near the drain layer (203). The disclosure reduces the area of a transistor, thereby significantly improving the memory density of the resistive random access memory.

Devices with settable resistance and methods of forming the same include forming vertical dielectric structures from heterogeneous dielectric materials on a first electrode. A second electrode is formed on the vertical dielectric structures.

A chalcogenide material may include germanium (Ge), arsenic (As), selenium (Se) and from 0.5 to 10 at % of at least one group 13 element. A variable resistance memory device may include a first electrode, a second electrode, and a chalcogenide film interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including from 0.5 to 10 at % of at least one group 13 element. In addition, an electronic device may include a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory may include a column line, a row line intersecting the column line, and a memory cell positioned between the column line and the row line, wherein the memory cell comprises a chalcogenide film including germanium (Ge), arsenic (As), selenium (Se), and from 0.5 to 10 at % of at least one group 13 element.

A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a dielectric layer on the substrate, and a contact plug in the dielectric layer. An upper portion of the contact plug protrudes from a top surface of the dielectric layer. The upper portion of the contact plug acts as a first electrode. A buffer layer is disposed on the dielectric layer and beside the upper portion of the contact plug. A resistive-switching layer is disposed beside the buffer layer. A second electrode is disposed beside the resistive-switching layer.

A memory circuit includes a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell including a resistive memory element and a selection transistor of the FDSOI type connected in series with the resistive memory element. The selection transistor includes a channel region, a buried insulating layer, a back gate separated from the channel region by the buried insulating layer. The memory circuit further includes a circuit for biasing the back gate of the selection transistors, the biasing circuit being configured to apply a forward back-bias to the selection transistor of at least one memory cell during a programming or initialisation operation of the at least one memory cell.

A three-dimensional array device with multiple layers in height direction includes a first two-dimensional array circuit located in a first layer; and a second two-dimensional array circuit located in a second layer adjacent to the first layer and overlapped in a plan view with the first two-dimensional array circuit. Each of the first two-dimensional array circuit and the second two-dimensional array circuit has a first wiring group, an input part that inputs signals to the first wiring group, a second wiring group that intersects the first wiring group and an output part that outputs signals from the second wiring group. The output part in the first two-dimensional array circuit is overlapped in a plan view on the input part in the second two-dimensional array circuit and is connected in a signal transferable manner.