Cross point non-volatile memory cell
First Claim
1. A non-volatile storage apparatus, comprising:
- an X line;
a first Y line;
a second Y line;
a semiconductor region of a first type running along the X line;
first switching material and a first semiconductor region of a second type between the first Y line and the semiconductor region of the first type, the first semiconductor region of the second type is adjacent to the semiconductor region of the first type;
second switching material and a second semiconductor region of the second type between the second Y line and the semiconductor region of the first type, the second semiconductor region of the second type is adjacent to the semiconductor region of the first type; and
control circuitry in communication with the X line and the first Y line and the second Y line, the control circuitry changes the programming state of the first switching material to a first state by causing a first current to flow from the second Y line to the first Y line through the first switching material and the second switching material.
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Abstract
A memory system includes an X line, a first Y line, a second Y line, a semiconductor region of a first type running along the X line, first switching material and a first semiconductor region of a second type between the first Y line and the semiconductor region of the first type, second switching material and a second semiconductor region of the second type between the second Y line and the semiconductor region of the first type, and control circuitry. The control circuitry changes the programming state of the first switching material to a first state by causing a first current to flow from the second Y line to the first Y line through the first switching material, the second switching material, the semiconductor region of the first type, the first semiconductor region of the second type and the second semiconductor region of the second type.
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10 Claims
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1. A non-volatile storage apparatus, comprising:
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an X line; a first Y line; a second Y line; a semiconductor region of a first type running along the X line; first switching material and a first semiconductor region of a second type between the first Y line and the semiconductor region of the first type, the first semiconductor region of the second type is adjacent to the semiconductor region of the first type; second switching material and a second semiconductor region of the second type between the second Y line and the semiconductor region of the first type, the second semiconductor region of the second type is adjacent to the semiconductor region of the first type; and control circuitry in communication with the X line and the first Y line and the second Y line, the control circuitry changes the programming state of the first switching material to a first state by causing a first current to flow from the second Y line to the first Y line through the first switching material and the second switching material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-volatile storage apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of X line rails; a plurality of Y line rails; semiconductor regions of a first type shaped as rails and adjacent the X line rails; pillars between the Y line rails and the X line rails, each of the pillars includes a resistive switching material and semiconductor region of a second type, the semiconductor region of the second type is positioned adjacent to the semiconductor regions of the first type that are shaped as rails, the pillars include a first pillar and a second pillar, the first pillar is positioned between a first Y line rail and a first X line rail, the second pillar is positioned between a second Y line rail and the first X line rail, the first pillar and the second pillar are adjacent a common semiconductor region of the first type; and control circuitry in communication with the X line rails and the Y line rails, the control circuitry changes the programming state of the first pillar by causing a first current to flow from the second Y line rail to the first Y line rail through the common semiconductor region of the first type, the first pillar and the second pillar. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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