Patent ID: 9245964
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H01L

Claim Text:
1. An integrated circuit comprising a nonvolatile memory cell, the nonvolatile memory cell comprising: a first electrode, a second electrode, and an ion conductive material between the first and second electrodes; the second electrode having an electrochemically active surface directly against the ion conductive material and an electrochemically inactive surface directly against the ion conductive material; the second electrode being elevationally outward of the first electrode; and the first electrode extending laterally in a first direction, the ion conductive material extending laterally in a second direction different from and intersecting the first direction, the first electrode being directly against the ion conductive material only where the first and second directions intersect, the second electrode having a lateral outermost sidewall and the ion conductive material having a transverse outermost sidewall directly against the second electrode lateral outermost sidewall, the second electrode only being directly against the ion conductive material at the transverse outermost sidewall of the ion conductive material.