Defect gradient to boost nonvolatile memory performance

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8912524
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14075036

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Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a resistive switching nonvolatile memory element that is formed in a resistive switching memory device that may be used in a memory array to store digital data. The memory element is generally constructed as a metal-insulator-metal stack. The resistive switching portion of the memory element includes a getter and/or a defect portion. In general, the getter portion is an area of the memory element that is used to help form, during the resistive switching memory device's fabrication process, a region of the resistive switching layer that has a greater number of vacancies or defects compared to the remainder of resistive switching layer. The defect portion is an area of the memory element that has a greater number of vacancies or defects compared to the remainder of the resistive switching layer, and is formed during the resistive switching memory device's fabrication process.

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  • SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC;KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

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Chiang, Tony Campbell, US 137 4409
Hashim, Imran Saratoga, US 125 2660
Wang, Yun San Jose, US 444 6545

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