Patent ID: 11864393
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. The IC device of claim 12, further comprising:
a plurality of electrode layers arranged on top of each other in the thickness direction of the substrate, and electrically isolated from each other by interlayer dielectric (ILD) layers;
a via extending in the thickness direction through the plurality of electrode layers and the ILD layers;
a dielectric layer over an inner wall of the via; and
a conductor in the via,
wherein
the plurality of electrode layers correspondingly comprises the first electrodes of the plurality of data storage elements,
the conductor comprises the second electrodes of the plurality of data storage elements, and
the dielectric layer comprises a plurality of portions each sandwiched between the conductor and the first electrode of a corresponding data storage element among the plurality of data storage elements, and defining the dielectric material of the corresponding data storage element.