Patent ID: 9490427
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G11C,H01L,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: a resistive element of a memory cell, wherein the resistive element includes (i) a first electrode, and (ii) a second electrode; and a device to access the resistive element of the memory cell, wherein the device includes (i) a first terminal connected to a first contact, and (i) a second terminal connected to a second contact, wherein one or more of the first contact and the second contact of the device is respectively connected to one or more of the first electrode and the second electrode of the resistive element via a third contact, wherein a size of the third contact decreases from the one or more of the first contact and the second contact of the device to the one or more of the first electrode and the second electrode of the resistive element of the memory cell.