| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080237566 | Phase change memory device and method of fabricating the same - A phase change memory device and method of manufacturing the same is provided. A first electrode having a first surface is provided on a substrate. A second electrode having a second surface at a different level from the first surface is on the substrate. The second electrode may be spaced apart from the first electrode. A third electrode may be formed corresponding to the first electrode. A fourth electrode may be formed corresponding to the second electrode. A first phase change pattern may be interposed between the first surface and the third electrode. A second phase change pattern may be interposed between the second surface and the fourth electrode. Upper surfaces of the first and second phase change patterns may be on the same plane | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090057644 | Phase-change memory units, methods of forming the phase-change memory units, phase-change memory devices having the phase-change memory units and methods of manufacturung the phase-change memory devices - A phase-change memory unit includes a lower electrode on a substrate, a phase-change material layer pattern including germanium-antimony-tellurium (GST) and carbon on the lower electrode, a transition metal layer pattern on the phase-change material layer pattern, and an upper electrode on the first transition metal layer pattern. The phase-change memory unit may have good electrical characteristics. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090243117 | CONTACT STRUCTURE, A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A contact structure that includes a first pattern formed on a substrate, wherein the first pattern has a recessed region in an upper surface thereof, a planarized buffer pattern formed on the first pattern, and a conductive pattern formed on the planarized buffer pattern. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100144135 | Method of manufacturing a phase changeable memory unit - A phase changeable memory unit includes a lower electrode, an insulating interlayer structure having an opening, a phase changeable material layer and an upper electrode. The lower electrode is formed on a substrate. The insulating interlayer structure has an opening and is formed on the lower electrode and the substrate. The opening exposes the lower electrode and has a width gradually decreasing downward. The phase changeable material layer fills the opening and partially covers an upper face of the insulating interlayer structure. The upper electrode is formed on the phase changeable material layer. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100176365 | RESISTANCE VARIABLE MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A resistance variable memory device includes at least one bottom electrode, a first insulating layer containing a trench which exposes the at least one bottom electrode, and a resistance variable material layer including respective first and second portions located on opposite sidewalls of the trench, respectively, where the first and second portions of the resistance variable material layer are electrically connected to the at least one bottom electrode. The device further includes a protective layer covering the resistance variable material layer within the trench, and a second insulating layer located within the trench and covering the protective layer within the trench | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110155985 | PHASE CHANGE STRUCTURE, AND PHASE CHANGE MEMORY DEVICE - A phase change structure includes a first phase change material layer pattern and a second phase change material layer pattern. The first phase change material layer pattern may partially fill a high aspect ratio structure, and the second phase change material layer pattern may fully fill the high aspect ratio structure. The first phase change material layer pattern may include a first phase change material, and the second phase change material layer pattern may include a second phase change material having a composition substantially different from a composition of the first phase change material. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110300684 | METHOD FABRICATING PHASE-CHANGE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A method of fabricating a phase change memory having a unit memory cell is described. The unit memory cell includes a phase change element connected to a corresponding vertical cell diode. The phase change element is formed from a phase change material layer formed on an interlayer dielectric layer including a via hole, and etched using a plasma formed from a plasma gas having a molecular weight of 17 or less to form a respective phase change material pattern in the via hole. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110312126 | METHOD FABRICATING A PHASE-CHANGE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A method of fabricating a phase-change semiconductor memory device includes a plasma treatment of an electrode connected to a phase-change material pattern after a conductive layer used to form the electrode has been planarized in the presence of an oxidizing agent. The plasma is formed from a plasma gas having a molecular weight of 17 or less. | 12-22-2011 |