Horizontally oriented and vertically stacked memory cells
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1. A memory cell, comprising:
- a memory cell material having a recess formed therein; and
an electrode conformally deposited in the recess in the memory cell material;
wherein the memory cell material is a self-aligned memory cell material.
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Abstract
Horizontally oriented and vertically stacked memory cells are described herein. One or more method embodiments include forming a vertical stack having a first insulator material, a first memory cell material on the first insulator material, a second insulator material on the first memory cell material, a second memory cell material on the second insulator material, and a third insulator material on the second memory cell material, forming an electrode adjacent a first side of the first memory cell material and a first side of the second memory cell material, and forming an electrode adjacent a second side of the first memory cell material and a second side of the second memory cell material.
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18 Claims
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1. A memory cell, comprising:
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a memory cell material having a recess formed therein; and an electrode conformally deposited in the recess in the memory cell material; wherein the memory cell material is a self-aligned memory cell material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of processing a memory cell, comprising:
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forming a recess in a memory cell material, wherein forming the recess in the memory cell material includes removing a portion of the memory cell material; and conformally forming an electrode in the recess in the memory cell material. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A memory device, comprising:
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a number of memory cells, wherein each of the number of memory cells includes; a memory cell material having a recess formed therein; and an electrode conformally deposited in the recess in the memory cell material; and wherein the number of memory cells are self-aligned memory cells. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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