Patent ID: 6967350
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: G11C,H01L

Abstract:
1. A memory structure comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode having a generally vertically extending part and a generally horizontally extending part; a third electrode; a memory storage element of a predetermined device type disposed between said third electrode and said second electrode, said memory element adjacent to said vertically extending part of said second conductor or said horizontally extending part of said second electrode, but not both, and said memory storage element having a memory storage element cross-sectional area and configured for predictable breakdown as a memory storage element; a control element of said predetermined device type disposed between said second electrode and said first electrode, said control element adjacent to said vertically extending part of said second conductor or said horizontally extending part of said second electrode, but not both, and said control element having a control cross-sectional area and configured as a control element for said memory storage element; and said control element cross-sectional area being larger than said memory storage element cross-sectional area.