Patent ID: 7439566
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor memory device comprising: a switching device including a gate, a source, and a drain; a word line electrically connected to the gate of the switching device; a bit line electrically connected to the drain of the switching device; a metal-insulator transition film resistor having a first end connected to the source of the switching element, and transitioning between an insulator and a conductor in accordance with a voltage supplied to the first and a second end thereof; a capacitor including a pair of electrodes to store charge, at least one of the pair of electrodes connected to the second end of the metal-insulator transition film resistor; and wherein the metal-insulator transition film resistor is interposed between the source of the switching element and the at least one of the pair of electrodes of the capacitor.