Patent ID: 7983065
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: B82Y,G11C,H01L

Abstract:
1. A data memory including memory elements arranged in a three-dimensional pattern defined by rectangular coordinates having orthogonal x, y and z-directions and with a plurality of parallel planes stacked in the z-direction, the memory further comprising: a plurality of first conductive lines elongated in the z-direction through the plurality of planes and arranged in a two-dimensional rectangular array in the x and y-directions, a plurality of second conductive lines elongated in the x-direction across individual planes and spaced apart in the y-direction between and separated from the first plurality of conductive lines in the individual planes, wherein the first and second conductive lines cross adjacent each other at a plurality of locations across the individual planes, a plurality of non-volatile re-programmable memory elements elongated in the z-direction through the plurality of planes and individually connected between the first and second conductive lines adjacent the crossings thereof at the plurality of locations, and a plurality of select devices arranged to individually connect selected ones of the plurality of first conductive lines to selected ones of a plurality of third conductive lines.