Patent ID: 7701754
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A memory cell comprising: an isolation layer; a first electrode that contacts the isolation layer; a second electrode that contacts the isolation layer, the first and second electrodes being spaced apart; and a cantilever that contacts the second electrode, the cantilever being movable towards and away from the first electrode, and spaced apart from the isolation layer and the first electrode, the cantilever having an initial shape and an initial position, an elastic distance being a distance measured along a line from a point on the cantilever when the cantilever is at the initial position to a position that corresponds with the point on the cantilever when the cantilever is at an elastic limit of the cantilever, an initial distance being a distance measured along the line from the point on the cantilever when the cantilever is at the initial position to a point on the first electrode, the initial distance being greater than the elastic distance.