Patent Publication Number: US-8980722-B2

Title: Variable resistive element, and its manufacturing method

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a Continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/298,818, filed Oct. 28, 2008, which is a National Phase under 35 U.S.C. §371 of PCT/JP2007/053358, filed Feb. 23, 2007, which claims priority to Japanese Application 2006-125432, filed Apr. 28, 2006 all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a variable resistive element comprising an electrode, another electrode and a variable resistor body, wherein the variable resistor body is provided between the one electrode and the other electrode, and an electrical resistance of the variable resistive element is changed by applying a voltage pulse between both of the electrodes, and relates to its manufacturing method. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     In recent years, a variety of device structures are presented, such as a ferroelectric random access memory (FeRAM), a magnetic RAM (MRAM), a phase change RAM (PRAM), or the like, as a next generation nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) for fast operation possible taking the place of a flash memory. And then a keen development race is performed from points of view of a higher performance, a higher reliability, a lower cost and a higher integrity of manufacturing processes. However, each of such the current memory devices has both advantages and disadvantages respectively, and it is still a long way away from realizing an ideal universal memory having every advantage of a static RAM (SRAM), a dynamic RAM (DRAM) and the flash memory. 
     On the contrary to such the conventional technologies, there is presented a nonvolatile resistive random access memory (RRAM) using a variable resistive element wherein an electrical resistance of the variable resistive element is changed reversibly by applying a voltage pulse thereto. Here, a configuration of such the conventional variable resistive element is shown in  FIG. 42 . 
     Such the variable resistive element comprising the conventional configuration includes a structure that a lower electrode  203 , a variable resistor body  202  and an upper electrode  201  are layered in order, and has a property that a resistance value is changed reversibly by applying the voltage pulse between the upper electrode  201  and the lower electrode  203 , as shown in  FIG. 42 . And then it comprises a configuration for being able to realize a novel nonvolatile semiconductor memory device by reading out the resistance value to be changed by such the operation of reversible changing in electrical resistance (referred to as a switching operation hereinafter). 
     Such the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device is comprised by forming a memory cell array with arranging each of a plurality of memory cells comprising a variable resistive element for each in a row direction and a column direction as a matrix form, and by arranging peripheral circuits to control programming, erasing and reading out operations for each of the memory cell in such the memory cell array. Moreover, for such the memory cell, there is provided such as a memory cell comprised of one selective transistor (T) and one variable resistive element (R) as it is called an 1T/1R type, a memory cell comprised of one variable resistive element (R) as it is called an 1R type, or the like, from a point of view of configuration element difference thereof. Here, a configuration example of the memory cell of 1T/1R type is shown in  FIG. 43 . 
       FIG. 43  is an equivalent circuit diagram showing one configuration example of a memory cell array using memory cells of 1T/1R type. In each of the memory cells, a gate electrode of the selective transistor (T) is connected to each of word lines WL 1  to WLn respectively, and a source region of the selective transistor (T) is connected to each of source lines SL 1  to SLn respectively, as (n) is a natural number. Moreover, one electrode of the variable resistive element (R) in each of the memory cells is connected to a drain region of the selective transistor (T) respectively, and another electrode of the variable resistive element (R) is connected to each of bit lines BL 1  to BLm respectively, as (m) is a natural number. 
     Moreover, each of the word lines WL 1  to WLn is connected to a word line decoder  206  respectively, each of the source lines SL 1  to SLn is connected to a source line decoder  207  respectively, and each of the bit lines BL 1  to BLm is connected to a bit line decoder  205  respectively. Furthermore, there is provided a configuration that a predetermined bit line, word line, or source line is to be selected corresponding to an address input (not shown) for a programming operation, an erasing operation, or a reading out operation respectively, regarding a predetermined memory cell in a memory cell array  204 . 
       FIG. 44  is a cross sectional pattern diagram showing one memory cell comprising the memory cell array  204  as shown in  FIG. 43 . According to the present configuration, one memory cell is to be comprised of one selective transistor (T) and one variable resistive element (R). Moreover, the selective transistor (T) is comprised of a gate insulating film  213 , a gate electrode  214 , a drain diffusion layer region  215  and a source diffusion layer region  216 , and then it is formed on a top surface of a semiconductor substrate  211  where an element isolation region  212  is formed. Furthermore, the variable resistive element (R) is comprised of a lower electrode  218 , a variable resistor body  219  and an upper electrode  220 . According to the present embodiment, the variable resistor body  219  is arranged inside an open part arranged between the lower electrode  218  and the upper electrode  220 , however, it may also available that such the elements are arranged in order from the top to be a terraced structure as shown in  FIG. 42 . 
     Moreover, the gate electrode  214  in the transistor (T) comprises a word line, and a source line wiring  224  is electrically connected to the source diffusion layer region  216  in the transistor (T) via a contact plug  222 . Furthermore, a bit line wiring  223  is electrically connected to the upper electrode  220  in the variable resistive element (R) via a contact plug  221 , meanwhile, the lower electrode  218  is electrically connected to the drain diffusion layer region  215  in the transistor (T) via a contact plug  217 . 
     Thus, there is provided a configuration that the transistor becomes to be an on state in the selected memory cell using a change in electric potential of the word line, and it becomes able to program or erase selectively regarding the variable resistive element (R) in the selected memory cell using the change in electric potential of the bit line, by arranging the selective transistor (T) and the variable resistive element (R) as a series connection. 
       FIG. 45  is an equivalent circuit diagram showing one configuration example of a memory cell array using memory cells of 1R type. Each of the memory cells consists of one variable resistive element (R), wherein one electrode in each of the variable resistive elements (R) is connected to each of word lines WL 1  to WLn respectively, and another electrode is connected to each of bit lines BL 1  to BLm respectively. Moreover, each of the word lines WL 1  to WLn is connected to a word line decoder  233  respectively, and each of the bit lines BL 1  to BLm is connected to a bit line decoder  232  respectively. Furthermore, there is provided a configuration that a predetermined bit line or word line is to be selected corresponding to an address input (not shown) for a programming operation, an erasing operation, or a reading out operation respectively, regarding a predetermined memory cell in a memory cell array  231 . 
       FIG. 46  is a diagrammatic perspective view schematically showing one example of a memory cell comprising the memory cell array  231  shown in  FIG. 45 . As shown in  FIG. 46 , an upper electrode wiring  243  and a lower electrode wiring  241  are arranged for crossing respectively, and then one of the electrode wirings forms a bit line, and the other forms a word line. Moreover, there is provided a configuration that a variable resistor body  242  is arranged in a region at the intersection of the electrode wirings as it is normally called a cross point. Here, the upper electrode wiring  243  and the resistor body  242  are manufactured in a similar shape according to the example shown in  FIG. 46 , however, a part electrically contributing to a switching operation in the variable resistor body  242  is to be the region as the cross point at the intersection of the upper electrode wiring  243  and the lower electrode wiring  241 . 
     Regarding a variable resistor body material to be used for the above mentioned variable resistor body  219  shown in  FIG. 44  or the variable resistor body  242  shown in  FIG. 46 , there is disclosed a technology in the following patent document 1 and a nonpatent document 1 by Shangquing Liu, Alex Ignatiev et al., University of Houston, USA, that an electrical resistance is changed reversibly by applying a voltage pulse to a perovskite material known for having a colossal magnetoresistance effect. Such the technology is extremely revolutionary as a change in electrical resistance appears in a wide range of several orders of magnitude even at room temperature without applying a magnetic field, even with using the perovskite material known for having the colossal magnetoresistance effect. Here, a crystalline praseodymium calcium manganese oxide (PCMO: Pr 1-x Ca x MnO 3 ) film as a perovskite-type oxide is used as the material for variable resistor body according to the element structure embodied in the patent document 1. 
     Moreover, according to a nonpatent document 2 and a patent document 2, it is known that an oxide of transition metal elements, such as a titanium oxide (TiO 2 ) film, a nickel oxide (NiO) film, a zinc oxide (ZnO) film, a niobium oxide (Nb 2 O 5 ) film, or the like, shows a reversible change in electrical resistance as other materials for variable resistor body. Furthermore, there is reported in detail in a nonpatent document 3 regarding a phenomenon in a switching operation using the NiO film among such the materials. 
     Patent document 1: U.S. Pat. No. 6,204,139 Nonpatent document 1: S. Q. Liu et al., “Electric-pulse-induced reversible Resistance change effect in magnetoresistive films”, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 76, pp. 2749-2751 (2000) Nonpatent document 2: H. Pagnia et al., “Bistable Switching in Electroformed Metal-Insulator-Metal Devices”, Phys. Stat. Sol. (a), vol. 108, pp. 11-65 (1988) Patent document 2: Japanese published patent publication 2002-537627 Nonpatent document 3: I. G. Baek et al., “Highly Scalable Non-volatile Resistive Memory using Simple Binary Oxide Driven by Asymmetric Unipolar Voltage Pulses”, IEDM 04, pp. 587-590 (2004) 
     DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION 
     Problems to be Solved by the Invention 
     At the period of writing operation regarding data in the above mentioned nonvolatile memory device, that is to say, in the period from starting applying an electric pulse between the upper electrode and the lower electrode to reaching a predetermined resistance value regarding the variable resistor body, a transient current flows through the variable resistive element (R). Such the current is called a programming current or an erasing current corresponding to a direction of change regarding the electrical resistance respectively. For example, in the case of using the oxide of transition metal element as the material for variable resistor body, there is reported in the nonpatent document 3 wherein the NiO film is used that the programming current and the erasing current for an electrode surface area of 0.3×0.7 □m 2  are approximately 1 mA respectively. Both amounts of such the currents correspond to an area of an electrically contributing region in the variable resistor body, and then it is able to suppress the programming current and the erasing current by decreasing such the area, and it becomes able to suppress a current consumption in the nonvolatile memory device as well. 
     Moreover, it is able to manufacture a memory element reproducibly with a stable switching operation in the case of excellent crystalline for the variable resistor body generally, however, an improvement of such the crystalline cannot help but cause a relative decrease in a resistance value regarding the variable resistor body. Moreover, the resistance value regarding the variable resistor body is inversely proportional to an area of the electrically contributing region in the variable resistor body, and then the electrical resistance of the variable resistive element (R) becomes smaller in the case of such the area becoming larger. In such the case, regarding the memory cell of 1T/1R type, there is occurred a problem, such as a programming impossible or the like, because a sufficient voltage is not applied to the variable resistor body in the case of the electrical resistance of the variable resistive element (R) becoming considerably smaller than an on resistance of a control transistor (T). Furthermore, even for the memory cell of 1R type, a parasitic current flowing through any other cells except the selected cell becomes larger, that are connected to a selected bit wiring or word wiring, and then there is occurred the similar problem as the programming impossible due to an applying voltage becoming insufficient. 
     Therefore, it is able to suppress the current consumption and it becomes possible to manufacture the memory element reproducibly with a stable switching operation without becoming the programming impossible if it is able to manufacture in a smaller size regarding the area of the electrically contributing region in the variable resistor body. However, regarding the above mentioned conventional memory cell, the area of the electrically contributing region in the variable resistor body is specified, for example, by an area of the variable resistor body  219  part shown in  FIG. 44  or by a size of the upper electrode  201  shown in  FIG. 42  regarding the memory cell of 1T/1R type, and by an area of the cross point region at the intersection of the upper electrode wiring  243  and the lower electrode wiring  241  shown in  FIG. 46  regarding the memory cell of 1R type. Hence, the area of the electrically contributing region in the variable resistor body is constrained by formative areas for such the electrodes and the like. And then the area to be able to realize has a lower limit against reducing thereof. 
     The present invention is presented with having regard to the above mentioned problems, and an object is to provide a variable resistive element comprising a configuration that an area of an electrically contributing region in a variable resistor body is finer than the areas specified by the upper electrode, the lower electrode and the like, and to provide its manufacturing method. 
     Means for Solving the Problem 
     For achieving the above mentioned object, a variable resistive element according to a first feature of the present invention comprises: a variable resistor body provided between two electrodes, in which an electrical resistance of between the two electrodes is changed by applying a voltage pulse between the two electrodes; and a bump electrode material contacting to either one of the two electrodes and extending toward the other one of the electrodes, wherein the variable resistor body is formed between the bump electrode material and the other one of the electrodes. 
     According to the first feature construction regarding the variable resistive element according to the present invention, there is provided the configuration in that the bump electrode material contacting to either one of the two electrodes is provided and such the bump electrode material is extended toward the other one of the electrodes, further, the variable resistor body is provided at an apical part thereof, and then it is to be connected to the other one of the electrodes via such the variable resistor body. Hence, it is able to obtain an area of an electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body smaller than a formative area specified by manufacturing processes. Here, it is able to form the bump electrode material with an area of a fine region by using a self-aligned process, without depending only on a fine processing which is constrained by an exposure technology. Thus, it becomes able to reduce the current consumption at the period of programming or erasing thereby, and it becomes able to manufacture a memory element reproducibly with a stable switching operation without occurring a programming impossible due to a low electrical resistance thereof. 
     Moreover, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a second feature in addition to the first feature construction in that the bump electrode material is extended along a sidewall of an insulating film formed between the two electrodes, and formed so as to project toward the other one of the two electrodes with an annular or a plurally-separated linear shape. 
     Further, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a third feature in addition to the first feature construction in that the bump electrode material is extended along a sidewall of an insulating film formed between the two electrodes, and formed so as to project toward the other one of the two electrodes with one linear shape. 
     Still further, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a fourth feature in addition to the second or the third feature construction in that the insulating film comprises an open part to expose whole or a part of a top surface of a lower electrode as the electrode formed at a lower region regarding the two electrodes, and the bump electrode material is extended along an inner sidewall of the open part. 
     Still further, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a fifth feature in addition to the second or the third feature construction by further comprising the insulating film on the lower electrode as the electrode formed at the lower region regarding the two electrodes, wherein the bump electrode material is extended along an outer sidewall of the insulating film. 
     Still further, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a sixth feature in addition to the first feature construction by further comprising: a first bump electrode material contacting to either one of the two electrodes and extending toward the other one of the two electrodes along a sidewall of a first insulating film formed between the two electrodes; and a second bump electrode material contacting to the other one of the two electrodes and extending toward the one of the two electrodes along a sidewall of a second insulating film formed between the two electrodes, wherein the variable resistor body is formed between the first bump electrode and the second bump electrode. 
     Still further, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a seventh feature in addition to any one of the feature constructions from the first trough the sixth in that the lower electrode as the electrode formed at the lower region regarding the two electrodes is a diffusion layer formed on a semiconductor substrate. 
     Still further, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as an eighth feature in addition to the first feature construction by further comprising a base insulating film deposited in parallel to a surface of a substrate, wherein the bump electrode material is formed along a top surface of the base insulating film, either one of the two electrodes is formed on a top surface of the bump electrode material, the other one of the two electrodes is formed on the top surface of the base insulating film, and the variable resistor body is formed between the bump electrode material and the other one of the two electrodes. 
     Still further, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a ninth feature in addition to any one of the feature constructions from the first trough the eighth in that the bump electrode material is formed using a transition metal or a nitride of a transition metal element. 
     Furthermore, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a tenth feature in addition to the ninth feature construction in that the bump electrode material is a titanium nitride. 
     According to the tenth feature construction regarding the variable resistive element according to the present invention, it becomes easy for designing processes because it is available to use a titanium based material for the bump electrode material, which has been conventionally used in general purpose in semiconductor processes. 
     Moreover, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as an eleventh feature in addition to any one of the feature constructions from the first through the tenth in that the variable resistor body is formed by oxidizing a part of the bump electrode material. 
     According to the eleventh feature construction regarding the variable resistive element according to the present invention, it is able to form a variable resistor body film by thermal processing steps of oxidation as a general process in manufacturing processes for semiconductor, and then it is possible to realize with using a conventional equipment as it is not required a particular equipment for a deposition of such the film. 
     Moreover, for achieving the above mentioned object, a variable resistive element according to a twelfth feature of the present invention comprises a variable resistor body provided between two electrodes, in which the electrical resistance of between the two electrodes is changed by applying a voltage pulse between the two electrodes, wherein a line width of a contact surface of between the variable resistor body and at least one of the two electrodes is formed to be narrower than the line width of any of the two electrodes. 
     Further, for achieving the above mentioned object, a variable resistive element according to a thirteenth feature of the present invention comprises a variable resistor body provided between two electrodes, in which the electrical resistance of between the two electrodes is changed by applying a voltage pulse between the two electrodes, wherein a line width of a contact surface of between the variable resistor body and at least one of the two electrodes is formed to be smaller than a value of a film thickness for any of the two electrodes. 
     According to the twelfth or the thirteenth feature construction regarding the variable resistive element according to the present invention, it is able to obtain an area of an electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body smaller than a formative area specified by manufacturing processes. 
     Moreover, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a fourteenth feature in addition to the twelfth or the thirteenth feature construction in that a shape of a contact surface of between the variable resistor body and at least one of the two electrodes is an annular or a plurally-separated linear shape. 
     Further, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a fifteenth feature in addition to the twelfth or the thirteenth feature construction in that a shape of a contact surface of between the variable resistor body and at least one of the two electrodes is one linear shape. 
     Still further, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a sixteenth feature in addition to any one of the feature constructions from the twelfth through the fifteenth in that a planar shape of the variable resistor body in each of the variable resistive elements is an annular or a plurally-separated linear shape. 
     According to the sixteenth feature construction regarding the variable resistive element according to the present invention, it is able to obtain an area of an electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body smaller than a formative area specified by manufacturing processes 
     Moreover, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a seventeenth feature in addition to any one of the feature constructions from the twelfth through the fifteenth in that a planar shape of the variable resistor body in each of the variable resistive elements is one linear shape. 
     Further, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as an eighteenth feature in addition to any one of the feature constructions from the first trough the seventeenth in that the variable resistor body is formed of an oxide of a transition metal element or an oxynitride of a transition metal element. 
     Still further, the variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a nineteenth feature in addition to the eighteenth feature construction in that the variable resistor body is a titanium oxide or a titanium oxynitride. 
     According to the nineteenth feature construction regarding the variable resistive element according to the present invention, it becomes easy for designing processes because it is available to use a titanium based material for the variable resistor body, which has been conventionally used in general purpose in semiconductor processes. 
     Moreover, for achieving the above mentioned object, a manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to a first feature of the present invention is a manufacturing method for the variable resistive element comprising the first feature construction or the second feature construction, comprises: a first step of forming a lower electrode as the electrode to be formed at a lower region regarding the two electrodes by depositing an electrode material onto a substrate to layer a first electrode film; a second step of forming a first insulating film on the lower electrode, the first insulating film having an open part reaching a top surface of the lower electrode; a third step of forming a bump electrode material contacting to at least a partial region of the lower electrode and extending upward along an inner sidewall of the open part formed at the second step; a fourth step of forming the variable resistor body at an apical part of the bump electrode material; and a fifth step of forming an upper electrode to be formed at an upper region regarding the two electrodes by depositing an electrode material to layer a second electrode film. 
     According to the first feature regarding the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention, the variable resistor body is formed at the apical part of the bump electrode material extending from the lower electrode in a direction toward the upper electrode, and then the bump electrode material and the upper electrode are to be connected via the variable resistor body. That is to say, it becomes able to manufacture a variable resistive element with being reduced an area of electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body. 
     Here, the first step may comprise the steps of depositing the first electrode film configuring the lower electrode, depositing a second insulating film onto the first electrode film, and processing the first electrode film and the second insulating film. 
     Moreover, the second step may comprise the steps of depositing the first insulating film, flattening the first insulating film until a top surface of the second insulating film becomes exposed, and forming the open part in the first insulating film so that the open part penetrates it and reaches a top surface of the lower electrode. 
     Further, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a second feature in addition to the first feature in that the third step comprises the steps of: forming an electrode film for a bump electrode material by depositing an electrically conductive material onto the open part and the first insulating film; depositing a third insulating film onto the electrode film for the bump electrode material; removing the third insulating film until a top surface of the electrode film for the bump electrode material is exposed; and forming the bump electrode material connecting to the lower electrode inside the open part by removing the electrode film for the bump electrode material layered at a region other than a region on the open part. 
     Still further, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a third feature in addition to the first feature in that the third step further comprises: a sixth step of forming an electrode film for a bump electrode material by depositing an electrically conductive material onto the open part and the first insulating film; and a step of forming the bump electrode material along a sidewall of the open part by removing the electrode film for the bump electrode material layered on the first insulating film. 
     Still further, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a fourth feature in addition to the third feature in that the sixth step includes depositing the electrode film for the bump electrode material inside the open part so that a film thickness of the electrode film for the bump electrode material becomes thinner toward a top surface of the lower electrode. 
     Furthermore, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a fifth feature in addition to the fourth feature in that the fourth step comprises a step of forming a third insulating film on the open part and the first insulating film, and the step of forming the third insulating film includes forming the variable resistor body by oxidizing a region of the bump electrode material formed along the sidewall of the open part at the third step, the region having a thin film thickness in a vicinity of a top surface of the lower electrode. 
     Moreover, for achieving the above mentioned object, a manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to a sixth feature of the present invention is a manufacturing method for the variable resistive element comprising the first feature construction or the second feature construction, and comprises: a first step of forming a lower electrode as an electrode to be formed at a lower region regarding the two electrodes by depositing the first electrode film, which is to be the lower electrode, onto a substrate, by depositing a first insulating film onto the first electrode film, and by processing the first electrode film and the first insulating film; a second step of forming a bump electrode material contacting to at least a partial region of the lower electrode and extending upward along an outer sidewall of the lower electrode and an outer sidewall of the first insulating film; a third step of forming the variable resistor body at an apical part of the bump electrode material; and a fourth step of forming an upper electrode as an electrode to be formed at an upper region regarding the two electrodes by depositing an electrode material to layer a second electrode film. 
     According to the sixth feature regarding the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention, the variable resistor body is formed at the apical part of the bump electrode material extended from the lower electrode in a direction toward the upper electrode, and then the bump electrode material and the upper electrode are to be connected via the variable resistor body. That is to say, it becomes able to manufacture a variable resistive element with being reduced an area of electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body. 
     Moreover, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a seventh feature in addition to the sixth feature in that the second step comprises the steps of: forming an electrode film for a bump electrode material by depositing an electrically conductive material over the whole surface including a top surface of the first insulating film; and forming the bump electrode material along the outer sidewall of the first electrode film and the outer sidewall of the first insulating film by removing the electrode film for the bump electrode material formed at a region other than the outer sidewall of the first electrode film and the outer sidewall of the first insulating film. 
     Further, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as an eighth feature in addition to the sixth or the seventh feature in that the third step comprises the steps of: depositing a second insulating film over the whole surface including the top surface of the first insulating film; and flattening the second insulating film until a top surface of the electrode film for the bump electrode material is exposed. 
     Moreover, for achieving the above mentioned object, a manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to a ninth feature of the present invention is a manufacturing method for the variable resistive element comprising the third feature construction, and comprises: a first step of forming a plurality of lower electrodes, each of which is an electrode to be formed at a lower region regarding the two electrodes, by depositing an electrode material onto a substrate to layer a first electrode film; a second step of depositing a first insulating film having an open part, the open part opening for both of any adjacent pair of the lower electrodes and penetrating the first insulating film so as to reach at least a part of each top surface of the lower electrodes; a third step of forming a bump electrode material contacting to at least a partial region of the lower electrodes and extending upward along an inner sidewall of the open part by depositing an electrically conductive material to layer an electrode film for the bump electrode material and by processing the electrode film for the bump electrode material; a fourth step of filling an inside of the open part with a second insulating film by depositing the second insulating film and processing the second insulating film; a fifth step of forming the variable resistor body at an apical part of the bump electrode material; and a sixth step of forming an upper electrode as an electrode to be formed at an upper region regarding the two electrodes by depositing an electrode material to layer a second electrode film. 
     Moreover, for achieving the above mentioned object, a manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to a tenth feature of the present invention is a manufacturing method for the variable resistive element comprising the third feature construction, and comprises: a first step of forming a plurality of lower electrodes, each of which is an electrode to be formed at a lower region regarding the two electrodes, by depositing an electrode material onto a substrate to layer a first electrode film; a second step of depositing a first insulating film having a first open part, the first open part opening for both of any adjacent pair of the lower electrodes and penetrating the first insulating film so as to reach at least a part of each top surface of the lower electrodes; a third step of forming a dummy film contacting to a partial region of the lower electrodes and extending upward along an inner sidewall of the first open part by depositing a dummy film material and by processing the dummy film material; a fourth step of filling an inside of the first open part with a second insulating film by depositing the second insulating film and by processing the second insulating film; a fifth step of forming a second open part so that a part of a top surface of the lower electrode is exposed by removing the dummy film; a sixth step of forming the variable resistor body and the bump electrode material at an inside of the second open part; and a seventh step of forming an upper electrode as an electrode to be formed at an upper region regarding the two electrodes by depositing an electrode material to layer a second electrode film, the upper electrode comprising an electrode of bump shape at the inside of the second open part. 
     According to the ninth or the tenth feature regarding the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention, the variable resistor body is to be formed at the apical part of the bump electrode material extending as a linear shape from the lower electrode in a direction toward the upper electrode, and then the bump electrode material and the upper electrode are to be connected via the variable resistor body. That is to say, it becomes able to manufacture a variable resistive element with being reduced an area of electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body. 
     Moreover, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as an eleventh feature in addition to the tenth feature in that the dummy film is comprised of a material different from any materials for the first insulating film, the second insulating film and for the first electrode film, and the fifth step includes removing only the dummy film selectively for the first insulating film, the second insulating film and for the first electrode film, by using an etching method. 
     Further, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a twelfth feature in addition to the tenth or the eleventh feature in that the sixth step includes forming the variable resistor body by oxidizing a top surface of the lower electrode formed at the inside of the second open part. 
     Moreover, for achieving the above mentioned object, a manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to a thirteenth feature of the present invention is a manufacturing method for the variable resistive element comprising the sixth feature construction, and comprises: a first step of forming a plurality of lower electrodes, each of which is an electrode to be formed at a lower region regarding the two electrodes, by depositing an electrode material onto a substrate to layer a first electrode film; a second step of depositing a first insulating film having a first open part, the first open part opening for both of any adjacent pair of the lower electrodes and penetrating the first insulating film so as to reach at least a part of each top surface of the lower electrodes; a third step of forming a first bump electrode material contacting to at least a partial region of the lower electrodes and extending upward along an inner sidewall of the first open part by depositing an electrically conductive material to layer an electrode film for the first bump electrode material and by processing the electrode film for the first bump electrode material; a fourth step of filling an inside of the first open part with a first filler insulating film by depositing the first filler insulating film and by processing the first filler insulating film; a fifth step of forming the variable resistor body at an apical part of the first bump electrode material; a sixth step of depositing a second insulating film having a second open part at a region over the first insulating film, the first filler insulating film and the variable resistor body, the second open part penetrating the second insulating film so as to reach at least a part of a top surface of the variable resistor body and extending in a second direction intersecting the lower electrodes extending in a first direction from a top surface view point position; a seventh step of forming a second bump electrode material extending upward along an inner sidewall of the second open part by depositing an electrically conductive material to layer an electrode film for the second bump electrode material and by processing the electrode film for the second bump electrode material; an eighth step of filling an inside of the second open part with a second filler insulating film by depositing the second filler insulating film and by processing the second filler insulating film; and a ninth step of forming an upper electrode as an electrode to be formed at an upper region regarding the two electrodes by depositing an electrode material to layer a second electrode film and by processing the second electrode film so that the second electrode film contacts to a top surface of the second bump electrode material and extends in the second direction. 
     Moreover, for achieving the above mentioned object, a manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to a fourteenth feature of the present invention is a manufacturing method for the variable resistive element comprising the sixth feature construction, and comprises: a first step of forming a plurality of lower electrodes, each of which is an electrode to be formed at a lower region regarding the two electrodes, by depositing an electrode material onto a substrate to layer a first electrode film; a second step of depositing a first insulating film having a first open part, the first open part opening for both of any adjacent pair of the lower electrodes and penetrating the first insulating film so as to reach at least a part of each top surface of the lower electrodes; a third step of forming a first bump electrode material contacting to at least a partial region of the lower electrodes and extending upward along an inner sidewall of the first open part by depositing an electrically conductive material to layer an electrode film for the first bump electrode material and by processing the electrode film for the first bump electrode material; a fourth step of filling an inside of the first open part with a first filler insulating film by depositing the first filler insulating film and by processing the first filler insulating film; a fifth step of depositing a second insulating film having a second open part at a region over the first insulating film, the first filler insulating film and the variable resistor body, the second open part penetrating the second insulating film so as to reach at least a part of a top surface of the variable resistor body and extending in a second direction intersecting the lower electrodes extending in a first direction from a top surface view point position; a sixth step of forming the variable resistor body at an apical part of the first bump electrode material formed at an inside of the second open part; a seventh step of forming the second bump electrode material extending upward along an inner sidewall of the second open part by depositing an electrically conductive material to layer an electrode film for the second bump electrode material and by processing the electrode film for the second bump electrode material; a eighth step of filling an inside of the second open part with a second filler insulating film by depositing the second filler insulating film and by processing the second filler insulating film; and a ninth step of forming an upper electrode as an electrode to be formed at an upper region regarding the two electrodes by depositing an electrode material to layer a second electrode film and by processing the second electrode film so that the second electrode film contacts to a top surface of the second bump electrode material and extends in the second direction. 
     According to the thirteenth or the fourteenth feature regarding the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention, the first bump electrode material extending as a linear shape from the lower electrode in a direction toward the upper electrode and the second bump electrode material extending as a linear shape from the upper electrode in a direction toward the lower electrode are to be electrically connected via the variable resistor body. That is to say, it becomes able to manufacture a variable resistive element with being reduced an area of electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body. 
     Moreover, for achieving the above mentioned object, a manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to a fifteenth feature of the present invention is a manufacturing method for the variable resistive element comprising the eighth feature construction, and comprises: a first step of layering an electrode film for a bump electrode material by depositing the base insulating film on a substrate and depositing an electrically conductive material onto the base insulating film; a second step of forming a lower electrode as the electrode to be formed at a lower region regarding the two electrodes by depositing an electrode material onto the electrode film for the bump electrode material to layer a first electrode film, by depositing a first insulating film onto the first electrode film, and by processing the first electrode film and the first insulating film; a third step of forming a sidewall film along an outer sidewall of the lower electrode and an outer sidewall of the first insulating film by depositing a second insulating film and by processing the second insulating film; a fourth step of forming the bump electrode material contacting to at least a partial region of the lower electrode and extending along a top surface of the base insulating film; a fifth step of forming the variable resistor body at an apical part of the bump electrode material; and a sixth step of forming an upper electrode as an electrode to be formed at an upper region regarding the two electrodes by depositing an electrode material to layer a second electrode film. 
     According to the fifteenth feature regarding the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention, the variable resistor body is to be formed at the apical part of the bump electrode material extending from either one of the electrodes in a direction toward another one of the electrodes as a linear shape on the base insulating film, and then the bump electrode material and the other one of the electrodes are to be connected via the variable resistor body. That is to say, it becomes able to manufacture a variable resistive element with being reduced an area of electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body. 
     Moreover, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a sixteenth feature in addition to the fifteenth feature in that the fourth step includes forming the bump electrode material by removing the electrode film for the bump electrode material formed at a region other than regions under the lower electrode and the sidewall film. 
     Moreover, for achieving the above mentioned object, a manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to a seventeenth feature of the present invention is a manufacturing method for the variable resistive element comprising the eighth feature construction, and comprises a first step of layering an electrode film for a bump electrode material by depositing the base insulating film on a substrate and depositing an electrically conductive material onto the base insulating film; a second step of forming the bump electrode material extending along a top surface of the base insulating film by depositing a dummy film onto the electrode film for the bump electrode material and by processing the electrode film for the bump electrode material and the dummy film; a third step of forming the variable resistor body at an apical part of the bump electrode material; a fourth step of forming a lower electrode as the electrode to be formed at a lower region regarding the two electrodes by depositing an electrode material to layer a first electrode film, the lower electrode contacting to the bump electrode material; a fifth step of forming an open part to expose a top surface of the bump electrode material by depositing a first insulating film onto the lower electrode, by processing the first insulating film, and by removing the dummy film; a sixth step of depositing a second insulating film for a region including at least a sidewall of the lower electrode; and a seventh step of forming an upper electrode as the electrode to be formed at an upper region regarding the two electrodes by depositing an electrode material to layer a second electrode film in an outer region of the second insulating film, on the first insulating film and on the bump electrode material. 
     According to the seventeenth feature regarding the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention, the variable resistor body is to be formed at the apical part of the bump electrode material extending from either one of the electrodes in a direction toward another one of the electrodes as a linear shape on the base insulating film, and then the bump electrode material and the other one of the electrodes are to be connected via the variable resistor body. That is to say, it becomes able to manufacture a variable resistive element with being reduced an area of electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body. 
     Moreover, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as an eighteenth feature in addition to the seventeenth feature in that the dummy film is formed of a material different from any materials for the first insulating film, the electrode film for the bump electrode material and for the first electrode film, and the fifth step includes removing only the dummy film selectively for the first insulating film, the electrode film for the bump electrode material and for the first electrode film, by using an etching method. 
     Further, a manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to a nineteenth feature of the present invention in addition to any one of the features from the first through the third, from the sixth through the tenth, and from the fifteenth through the eighteenth further comprises a step of forming the variable resistor body by forming the bump electrode material and depositing a variable resistor body material onto at least the bump electrode material to layer a variable resistor body film. 
     Here, it may also available to layer the variable resistor body film by depositing the variable resistor body material using either one of a spattering method or a CVD method. 
     Moreover, a manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to a twentieth feature of the present invention in addition to any one of the features from the first through the eleventh and from the thirteenth through the eighteenth further comprises a step of forming the variable resistor body by forming the bump electrode material and oxidizing an exposed part of the bump electrode material. 
     According to the twentieth feature regarding the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention, it is able to realize a variable resistive element by using an extremely simple process, because the variable resistor body is to be formed by oxidizing the exposed part of the bump electrode material. Here, it is available to use such as a (high temperature) thermal oxidation method, an oxygen plasma oxidation method, an ozone oxidation method, or the like, as an oxidation method therefor. 
     Moreover, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a twenty-first feature in addition to any one of the features from the first through the twentieth in that the bump electrode material is a titanium nitride. 
     According to the twenty-first feature construction regarding the variable resistive element according to the present invention, it becomes easy for designing processes because it is available to use a titanium based material for the bump electrode material, which has been conventionally used in general purpose in semiconductor processes. 
     Moreover, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present invention is characterized as a twenty-second feature in addition to any one of the features from the first through the twenty-first in that the variable resistor body is a titanium oxide or a titanium oxynitride. 
     Effects of the Invention 
     According to the variable resistive element of the present invention, an area of an electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body is not to be constrained by a formative area specified by manufacturing processes, because a shape of a contact surface of between the variable resistor body and either one of electrodes or the other one of the electrodes is an annular or a plurally-separated linear shape. Hence, it becomes able to obtain the area of the electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body smaller than the formative area specified by the manufacturing processes. Therefore, it becomes able to reduce the current consumption at a period of programming or erasing thereby, and then it becomes able to manufacture a memory element reproducibly with a stable switching operation without occurring a programming impossible due to a low electrical resistance thereof. Moreover, according to the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element regarding the present invention, it becomes able to manufacture such as the above mentioned variable resistive element which is able to obtain the area of the electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body smaller than the formative area specified by the manufacturing processes. 
    
    
     
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         FIG. 1  is a brief cross sectional view showing a configuration of a variable resistive element according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a plane pattern diagram showing a memory cell array of an 1R configuration. 
         FIG. 3A  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the first embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 3B  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the first embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 3C  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the first embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 3D  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the first embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 3E  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the first embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 3F  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the first embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 3G  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the first embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 3H  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the first embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 4A  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the first embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 4B  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the first embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 4C  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the first embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 4D  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the first embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 4E  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the first embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 4F  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the first embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 5A  is a plane pattern diagram showing electrically contributing regions in variable resistor bodies according to a conventional configuration and the first embodiment of the present invention, respectively. 
         FIG. 5B  is a plane pattern diagram showing electrically contributing regions in variable resistor bodies according to a conventional configuration and the first embodiment of the present invention, respectively. 
         FIG. 6  is a brief cross sectional view showing a configuration of a variable resistive element according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 7A  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the second embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 7B  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the second embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 7C  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the second embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 7D  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the second embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 7E  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the second embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 7F  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the second embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 7G  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the second embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 7H  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the second embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 8A  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the second embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 8B  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the second embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 8C  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the second embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 8D  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the second embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 8E  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the second embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 8F  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the second embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 9A  is a brief cross sectional view showing the enlarged cross sectional views along the X-X′ dashed line for  FIG. 7C . 
         FIG. 9B  is a brief cross sectional view showing the enlarged cross sectional views along the X-X′ dashed line for  FIG. 7D . 
         FIG. 9C  is a brief cross sectional view showing the enlarged cross sectional views along the X-X′ dashed line for  FIG. 8A . 
         FIG. 10A  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the third embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 10B  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the third embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 10C  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the third embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 10D  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the third embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 10E  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the third embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 10F  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the third embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 10G  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the third embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 10H  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the third embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 11A  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the third embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 11B  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the third embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 11C  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the third embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 11D  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the third embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 11E  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the third embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 11F  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the third embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 12  is a brief cross sectional view showing a configuration of a variable resistive element according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 13A  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 13B  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 13C  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 13D  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 13E  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 13F  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 13G  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 13H  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 14A  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 14B  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 14C  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 14D  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 14E  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 14F  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 15A  is a plane pattern diagram showing an electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body according to a conventional configuration and the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 15B  is a plane pattern diagram showing an electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body according to a conventional configuration and the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 16A  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 16B  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 16C  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 16D  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 16E  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 16F  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 16G  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 16H  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 17A  is a plane pattern diagram comparing between a variable resistive element of a conventional configuration and a variable resistive element according to the fifth embodiment. 
         FIG. 17B  is a plane pattern diagram comparing between a variable resistive element of a conventional configuration and a variable resistive element according to the fifth embodiment. 
         FIG. 18A  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 18B  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 18C  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 18D  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 18E  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 18F  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 18G  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 19  is a brief cross sectional view showing a configuration of a variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 20A  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 20B  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 20C  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 20D  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 20E  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 20F  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 20G  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 20H  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 21A  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 21B  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 21C  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 21D  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 21E  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 21F  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 21G  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 21H  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 22A  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 22B  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 23  is a plane pattern diagram showing a pattern layout of open parts regarding manufacturing processes of a variable resistive element according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 24A  is a plane pattern diagram showing an electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body according to a conventional configuration and the seventh embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 24B  is a plane pattern diagram showing an electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body according to a conventional configuration and the seventh embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 25  is a brief cross sectional view showing a configuration of a variable resistive element according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 26A  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 26B  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 26C  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 26D  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 26E  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 26F  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 26G  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 26H  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 27A  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 27B  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 27C  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 27D  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 27E  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 27F  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 28A  is a brief cross sectional view showing a configuration of a variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 28B  is a brief cross sectional view showing a configuration of a variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 29A  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 29B  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 29C  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 29D  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 29E  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 29F  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 29G  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 29H  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 30A  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 30B  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 30C  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 30D  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 30E  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 30F  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 31  is a plane pattern diagram showing a pattern layout of open parts regarding manufacturing processes of a variable resistive element according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 32A  is a plane pattern diagram showing an electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body according to a conventional configuration and the ninth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 32B  is a plane pattern diagram showing an electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body according to a conventional configuration and the ninth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 33A  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to a modified example regarding the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 33B  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to a modified example regarding the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 33C  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to a modified example regarding the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 33D  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to a modified example regarding the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 33E  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to a modified example regarding the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 33F  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to a modified example regarding the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 33G  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to a modified example regarding the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 33H  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to a modified example regarding the ninth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 34  is a brief cross sectional view showing a configuration of a variable resistive element according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 35A  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 35B  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 35C  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 35D  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 35E  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 35F  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 35G  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 35H  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 36A  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 36B  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 36C  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 36D  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 37A  is a plane pattern diagram showing an electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body according to a conventional configuration and the tenth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 37B  is a plane pattern diagram showing an electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body according to a conventional configuration and the tenth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 37C  is a plane pattern diagram showing an electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body according to a conventional configuration and the tenth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 38  is a brief cross sectional view showing a configuration of a variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 39A  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 39B  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 39C  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 39D  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 39E  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 39F  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 39G  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 39H  is a brief cross sectional view showing a variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 40A  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 40B  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 40C  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 40D  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 40E  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 40F  is a brief cross sectional view showing the variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention in order of manufacturing process. 
         FIG. 41  is a plane pattern diagram showing a layout of a BE pattern regarding manufacturing processes of a variable resistive element according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 42  is a diagrammatic perspective view showing a basic structure of a conventional variable resistive element. 
         FIG. 43  is a circuit diagram schematically showing one configuration example of a memory cell array using memory cells of 1T/1R type comprising one selective transistor and one variable resistive element. 
         FIG. 44  is a cross sectional pattern diagram showing one configuration example of a conventional memory cell structure of 1T/1R type. 
         FIG. 45  is a circuit diagram schematically showing one configuration example of a memory cell array using memory cells of 1R type comprising one variable resistive element. 
         FIG. 46  is a diagrammatic perspective view schematically showing one configuration example of a conventional memory cell structure of 1R type. 
     
    
    
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             R: Variable Resistive Element 
             T: Selective Transistor 
             TE,  4 ,  14 ,  24 ,  34 ,  44 ,  54 ,  64 ,  95 ,  122 ,  124 ,  126 ,  130 ,  132 ,  136 ,  138 ,  201 ,  220 ,  243 ,  304 ,  314 ,  334 ,  344 ,  404 ,  414 ,  428 ,  434 ,  444 ,  454 ,  464 : Upper Electrode 
             BE,  1 ,  11 ,  21 ,  31 ,  41 ,  51 ,  61 ,  89 ,  111 ,  121 ,  123 ,  125 ,  129 ,  131 ,  135 ,  137 ,  203 ,  218 ,  241 ,  301 ,  311 ,  331 ,  341 ,  401 ,  411 ,  431 ,  441 ,  451 ,  461 : Lower Electrode 
               2 ,  22 ,  32 ,  42 ,  52 ,  62 ,  92 ,  108 ,  302 ,  312 ,  332 ,  342 ,  426 ,  432 ,  442 ,  452 ,  462 : Bump Electrode Material 
               133 ,  402 ,  412 : First Bump Electrode Material 
               134 ,  406 ,  420 : Second Bump Electrode Material 
               3 ,  23 ,  33 ,  43 ,  53 ,  63 ,  94 ,  110 ,  202 ,  219 ,  242 ,  303 ,  313 ,  333 ,  343 ,  403 ,  413 ,  425 , 
               433 ,  443 ,  453 ,  463 : Variable Resistor Body 
             A,  91 ,  128 ,  319 ,  349 ,  352 ,  419 ,  424 : Open Part 
               468 : Stepped Part [ 0136 ]  5 ,  25 ,  55 ,  244 ,  305 ,  405 ,  435 ,  455 : Base Substrate 
               16 ,  36 ,  46 ,  66 ,  81 ,  101 ,  211 ,  316 ,  346 ,  416 ,  446 ,  466 : Semiconductor Substrate 
               15 ,  35 ,  45 ,  65 ,  87 ,  107 ,  315 ,  345 ,  415 ,  445 ,  465 : Base Insulating Film 
               17 ,  37 ,  47 ,  67 : SiN Film 
               18 ,  19 ,  20 ,  38 ,  39 ,  40 ,  48 ,  49 ,  50 ,  68 ,  69 ,  90 ,  93 ,  96 ,  109 ,  112 ,  317 ,  320 ,  321 ,  347 ,  350 ,  353 ,  417 ,  421 ,  422 ,  427 ,  429 ,  447 ,  448 ,  449 ,  469 ,  470 ,  471 : SiO 2  Film 
               318 ,  351 ,  467 : SiN Film 
               348 ,  418 ,  423 : Al 2 O 3  Film 
             WBE, WTE: Open Part Pattern 
             RBE: Wiring Pattern 
               82 ,  102 ,  212 : Element Isolation Region 
               83 ,  103 ,  213 : Gate Insulating Film 
               84 ,  104 ,  214 : Gate Electrode 
               85 ,  105 ,  215 : Drain Region 
               86 ,  106 ,  216 : Source Region 
               88 ,  97 ,  98 ,  113 ,  114 ,  217 ,  221 ,  222 : Contact Plug 
               99 ,  115 ,  223 : Bit Wiring 
               100 ,  116 ,  224 : Source Wiring 
               127 : Open Part or Electrode Size 
             S 1 , S 2 , S 3 , S 4 , S 5 , S 6 , S 7 , S 8 , S 9 : Electrically Contributing Region in the variable resistor body 
               204 ,  231 : Memory Cell Array 
               205 ,  232 : Bit Line Decoder 
               206 ,  233 : Word Line Decoder 
               207 : Source Line Decoder 
             BL 1 , BL 2 , . . . , BLm: Bit Line 
             WL 1 , WL 2 , . . . , 
             WLn: Word Line 
             SL 1 , SL 2 , . . . , SLn: Source Line 
           
         
       
    
     BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 
     Preferred embodiments will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings regarding a variable resistive element (properly referred to as the present invention element hereinafter) and its manufacturing method (properly referred to as the present invention method hereinafter) according to the present invention. 
     The present invention element comprises a configuration that a connection is performed between an upper electrode and a lower electrode via a variable resistor body, wherein the configuration is that a bump electrode material is provided to be electrically connected to either one of the electrodes, in order to make a contact area between either one of the electrodes and the variable resistor body be narrower than that of the conventional configuration. The following description is to be focused in particular regarding manufacturing processes of such the bump electrode material. 
     The First Embodiment 
     The first embodiment according to the present invention element and the present invention method (properly referred to as the present embodiment hereinafter) will be described in detail below with reference to  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 5B . 
       FIG. 1  is a brief cross sectional view showing the present invention element according to the present embodiment. The present invention element according to the present embodiment comprises a configuration that a lower electrode wiring  1  and an upper electrode wiring  4  are formed on a base substrate  5 , and a variable resistor body  3  as a memory material body is formed between the upper and the lower electrode wirings, wherein a bump electrode material  2  comprised of any of electrically conductive materials is electrically connected to the lower electrode wiring  1 , and the variable resistor body  3  is formed on an apical part of the bump electrode material  2 , as shown in  FIG. 1 . 
     The following is a description as an example for the case of applying the present invention element comprised of such the configuration to a memory cell of 1R type.  FIG. 2  is a plane pattern diagram showing a memory cell array of an 1R configuration. Moreover,  FIG. 3A  to  FIG. 4F  are views showing manufacturing processes for the present invention element according to the present embodiment, as shown by  FIG. 3A  to  FIG. 4F  in order of each manufacturing process (Those are separated into two views for convenience&#39; sake due to page space). In  FIG. 3A  to  FIG. 4F , a cross sectional pattern diagram along an X-X′ dashed line in  FIG. 2 , that is to say, along the upper electrode wiring TE, and the cross sectional pattern diagram along an Y-Y′ dashed line therein, that is to say, along the lower electrode wiring BE are shown at the left side and the right side respectively therein. 
     Manufacturing processes for the present invention element according to the present embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to  FIG. 3A  to  FIG. 4F . 
     First, a base insulating film  15  is to be formed on a semiconductor substrate  16  where peripheral circuits and the like (not shown) are properly formed on. According to the present embodiment, after depositing the base insulating film  15  of borophosphosilicate glass (BPSG) with a thickness of 1500 nm, a surface of such the film is flattened by polishing the surface of the BPSG film  15  on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate  16  to be the thickness of 800 nm using a so-called chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) method. Next, a material film (a first electrode film)  11  to be a lower electrode wiring is to be deposited thereon. According to the present embodiment, a Ti film of 5 nm thickness, a TiN film of 20 nm thickness, an Al—Cu film of 200 nm thickness, another Ti film of 5 nm thickness, and another TiN film of 100 nm thickness are to be deposited in order using a spattering method respectively, as a multilayer structure of TiN/Ti/Al—Cu/TiN/Ti. Moreover, an SiN film (a second insulating film)  17  is to be deposited with the thickness of 150 nm on the material film  11  to be the lower electrode wiring using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. Next, the lower electrode wiring is to be formed by etching the SiN film  17  and the material film  11  to be the lower electrode wiring using a photolithography method with a resist as a mask (not shown) patterned as a line and space (L/S) shape shown as the lower electrode wiring BE in  FIG. 2 . And then as shown in  FIG. 3A  and  FIG. 3E , an SiO 2  film (a first insulating film)  18  is to be deposited with the thickness of 600 nm using the CVD method thereunto. 
     Next, the SiO 2  film  18  is to be flattened and a top surface of the SiN film  17  is to be exposed by polishing the SiO 2  film  18  to the top surface level of the SiN film  17  using the CMP method, as shown in  FIG. 3B  and  FIG. 3F . Here, the flattening method is not limited to the CMP method, as it may be also available to use any proper flattening technology including such as a spin-on method, the spin-on method combined with an etch back method, or the like. 
     Next, an open part A is to be formed by removing the SiN film  17  selectively for the SiO 2  film  18  and for the material film  11  to be the lower electrode wiring, using a dry etching method with an NF 3  plasma of downstream type, as shown in  FIG. 3C  and  FIG. 3G . Here, the removing method for the SiN film  17  is not limited to the dry etching method, as it may be removed using a wet etching method with a heated phosphor treatment as well. 
     Next, a TiN film (an electrode film for a bump electrode material)  12  as one example of the material film to be a bump electrode material is to be deposited with the thickness of 40 nm using the spattering method over the surface thereof, as shown in  FIG. 3D  and  FIG. 3H . In this case, it is able to form the TiN film  12  along an inner sidewall in the open part A with the thickness of 20 nm for example. Moreover, an SiO 2  film (a third insulating film)  19  is to be deposited over the surface with the thickness of 600 nm using the CVD method thereafter. Here, the TiN film  12  is formed along the open part A, so that the inside of the open part A may be not to be filled therewith. 
     Next, the SiO 2  film  19  is to be flattened and a top surface of the TiN film  12  is to be exposed by polishing the SiO 2  film  19  using the CMP method to the top surface level of the TiN film  12 . And then the bump electrode material  12  is to be formed by removing the TiN film  12  on the SiO 2  film  18  except that inside the open part A using the etch back method thereafter, as shown in  FIG. 4A  and  FIG. 4D . 
     Next, a TiO 2  film  13  is to be formed by thermal oxidation in an atmosphere including oxygen at a temperature of between 250 and 450° C. as one example of the variable resistor body formed by oxidizing an exposed apical part of the bump electrode material  12  comprised of the TiN film, as shown in  FIG. 4B  and  FIG. 4E . According to the present embodiment, the variable resistor body is to be the TiO 2  film, however, it is also possible to form a TiO 2x N x  film having a characteristic of variable electrical resistance by controlling properly an oxidation condition, such as an oxidation temperature, an oxygen concentration, or the like. 
     Next, a material film (a second electrode film)  14  to be an upper electrode wiring is to be formed over the surface thereof. According to the present embodiment, a TiN film of 20 nm thickness, an Al—Cu film of 200 nm thickness, a Ti film of 5 nm thickness, and another TiN film of 100 nm thickness are to be deposited in order using the spattering method respectively, as a multilayer structure of TiN/Ti/Al—Cu/TiN. Next, the upper electrode wiring  14  is to be formed by etching the material film  14  to be the upper electrode wiring, with the resist as the mask (not shown) patterned as the line and space (L/S) shape shown as the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2 , using the photolithography method. Moreover, an interlayer insulating film  20  is to be deposited thereunto, and then a contact wiring (not shown) and a metal wiring (not shown) are to be formed for the upper electrode wiring  14  and the lower electrode wiring  11  respectively, as shown in  FIG. 4C  and  FIG. 4F . 
     Regarding such the variable resistive element formed thereby, it becomes able to reduce an area of a contact surface between the variable resistor body and any of the electrodes comparing to that of the conventional configurations. The following is a detailed description in this regard with reference to the drawings. 
       FIG. 5A  and  FIG. 5B  are a plane pattern diagram of the variable resistive element according to the present embodiment comparing to a variable resistive element of a conventional configuration.  FIG. 5A  shows the one of the conventional configuration, and  FIG. 5B  shows regarding the configuration according to the present embodiment. 
     Regarding the conventional memory cell of 1R type, a cross point region as a region S 1  (a shaded area in the figure) at an intersection of an lower electrode wiring  121  and an upper electrode wiring  122  is the electrically contributing region in the variable resistor body, as shown in  FIG. 5A . 
     On the contrary, according to the variable resistive element regarding the present embodiment, there is provided the configuration that the bump electrode material is to be formed only in a partial region at an interface side on a lower electrode wiring  123  and to be electrically connected to an upper electrode wiring. And then the cross point region as a region S 2  (a shaded area in the figure) at the intersection of such the bump electrode material and the upper electrode wiring  124  is to be the electrically contributing region in the variable resistor body. 
     The region S 2  has a band shape with a width of at least the film thickness of the bump electrode material, and it is able to reduce the area comparing to the region S 1  regarding the conventional variable resistive element. Moreover, it is able to form the bump electrode material using a self-aligned process, and then it is able to change arbitrarily such the area by controlling the film thickness thereof. 
     That is to say, it is able to reduce a contact area according to the configuration regarding the present embodiment comparing to the contact area of the conventional configuration. Thus, it becomes able to reduce a current consumption, and it becomes possible to manufacture a memory element reproducibly with a stable switching operation without becoming a programming impossible, by configuring a nonvolatile memory device using such the variable resistive element. 
     Here, the deposited insulating films are to be the SiO 2  film  18  and the SiO 2  film  19  in the above description, however, the insulating film is not limited to such the SiO 2  film; it may be also available to use any of proper insulating films including such as an SiN film, a polyimide film, an SiOF film, or the like. Moreover, regarding the deposition of the insulating films, it may be deposited using any proper deposition technology including such as a pulsed laser deposition, an rf-spattering, an electron beam evaporation, a thermal evaporation, an organo-metal deposition, a spin-on deposition, a metalorganic chemical vapor deposition, or the like. Ditto regarding each of the following embodiments. 
     The Second Embodiment 
     The second embodiment according to the present invention element and the present invention method (properly referred to as the present embodiment hereinafter) will be described in detail below with reference to  FIG. 6  to  FIG. 9C . Here, a detailed description for a process which duplicates that of the first embodiment is properly omitted with mentioning that effect. 
     Moreover, the description as a first insulating film or a second insulating film is named for an insulating film for convenience&#39; sake in order of depositing thereof for each of the embodiments, and it is to be used independently for each of the embodiment except a case of mentioning in particular. Ditto regarding each of the following embodiments. 
       FIG. 6  is a cross sectional pattern diagram showing the present invention element according to the present embodiment. The present invention element according to the present embodiment comprises a configuration that a lower electrode wiring  31  and an upper electrode wiring  34  are formed on a base substrate  35 , and a variable resistor body  33  as a memory material body is formed between the upper and the lower electrodes, wherein a bump electrode material  32  comprised of an electrically conductive material is connected to the upper electrode  34 , and the bump electrode material  32  is connected to the lower electrode  31  via the variable resistor body  33 , as shown in  FIG. 6 . 
     Next, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present embodiment will be described in detail below, as an example for the case of applying to a memory cell of 1R type.  FIG. 7A  to  FIG. 8F  are views showing manufacturing processes for the present invention element according to the present embodiment, as shown by  FIG. 7A  to  FIG. 8F  in order of each manufacturing process (Those are separated into two views for convenience&#39; sake due to page space). In  FIG. 7A  to  FIG. 8F , a cross sectional pattern diagram along the X-X′ dashed line, that is to say, along the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2  for showing the memory cell array of the 1R configuration, and a cross sectional pattern diagram along the Y-Y′ dashed line therein, that is to say, along the lower electrode wiring BE are shown at the left side and the right side respectively therein. Moreover,  FIG. 9A  to  FIG. 9C  are views showing the enlarged pattern diagram as shown in  FIG. 7A  to  FIG. 8F  for describing one process in the manufacturing processes. 
     Manufacturing processes for the present invention element according to the present embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to  FIG. 7A  to  FIG. 9C . 
     First, by performing the processes as completely similar to that of the first embodiment as shown in  FIGS. 3A and 3E , a material film (a first electrode film)  31  to be a lower electrode wiring processed using a pattern of lower electrode wiring BE and an SiN film (a second insulating film)  37  are to be formed onto a base insulating film  35  on a semiconductor substrate  36 , as shown in  FIG. 7A  and  FIG. 7E . Moreover, an SiO 2  film (a first insulating film)  38  is to be deposited over the surface thereof. 
     Next, an open part A is to be formed on the lower electrode wiring  31  as shown in  FIG. 7B , by performing the processes as completely similar to that of the first embodiment as shown in  FIG. 3B ,  FIG. 3C ,  FIG. 3F  and  FIG. 3G . 
     Next, a TiN film (an electrode film for a bump electrode material)  32  is to be deposited over the surface thereof as one example for a material film to be a bump electrode material, as shown in  FIG. 7C  and  FIG. 7G . The following is a description regarding a deposition method therefor, with reference to an enlarged view.  FIG. 9A  is a view showing by enlarging the cross sectional view along the X-X′ dashed line as shown in  FIG. 7C . 
     As shown in  FIG. 9A , the TiN film  32  is deposited using the spattering method so that the TiN film  32  at an open part A becomes an overhang shape. For example, in a case of assuming a thickness of the TiN film  32  at a flat part on the insulating film  38  as 40 nm, the thickness of such the TiN film deposited at an inner sidewall of the open part A is to be between 3 nm and 20 nm, and then the film thickness thereof becomes to be thinner toward a bottom of the open part. It is able to form easily in such the shape by controlling spattering conditions properly, such as a pressure, a substrate bias, a presence of a collimator, or the like. 
     Next, a process using an etch back is to be performed until the TiN film  32  on the insulating film  38  is completely removed, as shown in  FIG. 7D  and  FIG. 7H . The TiN film  32  is to be retained only at the sidewall of the open part A by such the process, as shown with enlarging in  FIG. 9B . 
     Next, an SiO 2  film (a third insulating film)  39  is to be deposited over the surface with a deposition thickness of 600 nm using a CVD method, as shown in  FIG. 8A  and  FIG. 8D . Due to an oxidative atmosphere for a process to form such the SiO 2  film  39 , a part of the retained TiN film  32  at the inner sidewall of the open part A cannot help but be oxidized at the period of depositing the SiO 2  film  39 . According to the configuration of the present embodiment, the retained film thickness of the TiN film  32  is thinner toward the bottom of the open part A, as shown in  FIG. 9B . Hence, a TiO 2  film is to be formed as the TiN film  32  located in the vicinity of the bottom of the open part A is oxidized in the process of forming the SiO 2  film  39 . And then such the formed TiO 2  film is to be used as a material film for a variable resistor body. That is to say, a TiO 2  film  33  as a variable resistor body is to be formed at an interface part between the TiN film  32  and the lower electrode  31  (refer to  FIG. 9C ). Thus, there becomes provided a configuration in that a bump electrode material  32  and the lower electrode  31  are to be connected via the TiO 2  film  33 . 
     Next, a surface of the SiO 2  film  39  is to be flattened and the TiN film  32  is to be exposed by polishing the SiO 2  film  39  using the CMP method to a top surface level of the TiN film  32 , as shown in  FIG. 8B  and  FIG. 8E . And then an upper electrode  34  is to be formed by patterning a material film (a second electrode film) to be the upper electrode wiring  34  and the bump electrode material  32  at a lower part thereof at the same time. This is to be an object for preventing an adjacent pair of the upper electrodes from shorting out due to the bump electrode material  32 , because each of extending directions for the upper electrode wiring  34  and the bump electrode material  32  crosses each other. 
     Moreover, an interlayer insulating film  40  is to be deposited thereafter (refer to  FIG. 8C  and  FIG. 8F ), and then a contact wiring (not shown) and a metal wiring (not shown) are to be formed for the upper electrode wiring  34  and the lower electrode wiring  31  respectively. 
     According to the configuration of the present embodiment, the upper electrode wiring  34  and the TiN film  32  retained at the inside of the open part A are electrically connected. That is to say, the bump electrode material  32  is connected to the upper electrode  34  as shown in  FIG. 6 , and it comprises the variable resistor body  33  at an edge part in a downward direction therefrom. Therefore, the plane pattern diagram according to the present embodiment becomes to be similar to that of the first embodiment as shown in  FIG. 5B , showing the configuration in that the bump electrode material is to be formed only in a partial region at an interface side of the region on a lower electrode wiring  123  and to be electrically connected to an upper electrode wiring, and then a region S 2  (a shaded area in the figure) as a cross point region between such the bump electrode material and the upper electrode wiring  124  becomes to be an electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body. 
     According to such the variable resistive element formed thereby, it is able to reduce an area of a contact surface between the variable resistor body and any of the electrodes compared with that of the conventional configuration, as similar to that according to the first embodiment. Thus, it becomes able to reduce a current consumption, and it becomes possible to manufacture a memory element reproducibly with a stable switching operation without occurring a programming impossible, by configuring a nonvolatile memory device using such the element. 
     Here, according to the present embodiment, the oxidation to be progressed at the period of depositing the oxide film is used, however, it is not limited thereto, and it may be also available to use another oxidation method therefor, such as a thermal oxidation in an oxygen atmosphere, an oxidation in an oxygen plasma, an ozone oxidation, or the like. 
     The Third Embodiment 
     The third embodiment according to the present invention element and the present invention method (properly referred to as the present embodiment hereinafter) will be described in detail below with reference to  FIG. 10A  to  FIG. 11F . Here, a detailed description for a process which duplicates that of the first embodiment is properly omitted with mentioning that effect. 
     According to the above mentioned first and the second embodiment, the variable resistor body is formed by oxidizing the bump electrode material, however, the present invention element is to be formed using a method for depositing a variable resistor body directly onto a bump electrode material according to the present embodiment. The following is a description as an example for the case of applying the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present embodiment to a memory cell of 1R type. 
       FIG. 10A  to  FIG. 11F  are views showing manufacturing processes for the present invention element according to the present embodiment, as shown by  FIG. 10A  to  FIG. 11F  in order of each manufacturing process (Those are separated into two views for convenience&#39; sake due to page space). In  FIG. 10A  to  FIG. 11F , a cross sectional pattern diagram along the X-X′ dashed line, that is to say, along the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2  for showing the memory cell array of the 1R configuration, and a cross sectional pattern diagram along the Y-Y′ dashed line, that is to say, along the lower electrode wiring BE in  FIG. 2  are shown at the left side and the right side respectively therein. 
     First, by performing the processes as completely similar to that of the first embodiment as shown in  FIG. 3A  and  FIG. 3E , a material film (a first electrode film)  41  to be a lower electrode wiring processed using a pattern of lower electrode wiring BE and an SiN film (a second insulating film)  47  are to be formed onto a base insulating film  45  on a semiconductor substrate  46 , as shown in  FIG. 10A  and  FIG. 10E . Moreover, an SiO 2  film (a first insulating film)  48  is to be deposited over the surface thereof. 
     Next, the SiO 2  film  48  is to be flattened until a surface of the SiN film  47  becomes exposed as shown in  FIG. 10B  and  FIG. 10F , by performing the processes as completely similar to that of the first embodiment as shown in  FIG. 3B  and  FIG. 3F . 
     Next, an open part A is to be formed on the lower electrode wiring  41  as shown in  FIG. 10C , by performing the processes as completely similar to that of the first embodiment as shown in  FIG. 3C . 
     Next, a TiN film  42  as one example for a bump electrode material (an electrode film for the bump electrode material) and then an SiO 2  film  49  are to be deposited over the surface thereof, as shown in  FIG. 10D  and  FIG. 10H , by performing the processes as completely similar to that of the first embodiment as shown in  FIG. 3D  and  FIG. 3H . 
     Next, the bump electrode material  42  comprised of the TiN film is to be formed as shown in  FIG. 11A  and  FIG. 11D , by performing the processes as completely similar to that of the first embodiment as shown in  FIG. 4A  and  FIG. 4D . 
     Next, a TiO 2  film  43  as one example of a material film for a variable resistor body (a variable resistor body film)  43  is to be deposited over the surface thereof, as shown in  FIG. 11B  and  FIG. 11E . It is able to deposit the TiO 2  film  43  by applying a direct current (DC) power of 1.5 kW/cm 2  to a Ti target using a magnetron spattering method under the conditions of a gas flow rate of Ar/O 2 =5 sccm/15 sccm and a pressure of between 3 and 15 mTorr, as one example of a deposition method therefor. 
     Next by performing the processes as completely similar to that of the first embodiment as shown in  FIG. 3C  and  FIG. 3F , an upper electrode wiring  44  and an interlayer insulating film  50  are formed, and then a contact wiring (not shown) and a metal wiring (not shown) for the upper electrode wiring  44  and for the lower electrode wiring  41  are to be formed respectively. 
     According to the configuration of the present embodiment, there becomes provided a configuration in that the upper electrode wiring  44  and the bump electrode material  42  are to be connected via the variable resistor body  43 , and the bump electrode material  42  is to be connected to the lower electrode  41 . Therefore, the plane pattern diagram according to the present embodiment becomes to be similar to that of the first and the second embodiments as shown in  FIG. 5B , showing the configuration in that the bump electrode material is to be formed only in a partial region at an interface side of the region on a lower electrode wiring  123  and to be electrically connected to an upper electrode wiring, and then a region S 2  (a shaded area in the figure) at a cross point region between such the bump electrode material and the upper electrode wiring  124  becomes to be an electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body. 
     According to such the variable resistive element formed thereby, it is able to reduce an area of a contact surface between the variable resistor body and any of the electrodes compared with that of the conventional configuration, as similar to that according to the first and the second embodiments. Thus, it becomes able to reduce a current consumption, and it becomes possible to manufacture a memory element reproducibly with a stable switching operation without occurring a programming impossible, by configuring a nonvolatile memory device using such the element. 
     Here, the variable resistor body  43  is to be the titanium oxide formed using the spattering method according to the above description, however, the deposition method is not limited thereto, and it may be formed using the CVD method as well. In the case of forming thereof using the CVD method, it may be formed with using a material of such as TiCl 4 , or an organo-metal of such as Ti(OCH 3 ) 4 , Ti(OC 2 H 6 ) 4 , Ti(O-i-C 3 H 7 ) 4 , Ti(O-n-C 4 H 7 ) 4 , Ti(O-n-C 4 H 9 ) 4 , Ti(O-sec-C 4 H 9 ) 4 , Ti(N(CH 3 ) 2 ) 4 , Ti(N(C 2 H 5 ) 2 ) 4 , or the like, by introducing into a reaction chamber using a carburetor for reacting with oxygen with a substrate heated at a temperature of between 250° C. and 500° C. 
     Moreover, not only the titanium oxide but also a titanium oxynitride film may be also applicable to the variable resistor body  43 . For example, it is also possible to use a 
     TiO 2-X N X  film having a characteristic of variable electrical resistance using the spattering with a target of TiO 2  in a gaseous environment of N 2 /O 2 /Ar by controlling properly a gas flow ratio therebetween. 
     The Fourth Embodiment 
     The fourth embodiment according to the present invention element and the present invention method (properly referred to as the present embodiment hereinafter) will be described in detail below with reference to  FIG. 12  to  FIG. 15B . Here, a detailed description for a process which duplicates that of the first embodiment is properly omitted with mentioning that effect. 
       FIG. 12  is a cross sectional pattern diagram showing the present invention element according to the present embodiment. The present invention element according to the present embodiment comprises a configuration that a lower electrode wiring  51  and an upper electrode wiring  54  are formed on a base substrate  55 , and a variable resistor body  53  as a memory material body is formed between the upper and the lower electrodes, wherein a bump electrode material  52  comprised of an electrically conductive material is connected to the lower electrode  51 , and the bump electrode material  52  is connected to the upper electrode  54  via the variable resistor body  53 , as shown in  FIG. 12 . 
     Next, the manufacturing method for the present invention element according to the present embodiment will be described in detail below, as an example for the case of applying to a memory cell of 1R type as shown in  FIG. 2 .  FIG. 13A  to  FIG. 14F  are views showing manufacturing processes for the present invention element according to the present embodiment, as shown by  FIG. 13A  to  FIG. 14F  in order of each manufacturing process (Those are separated into two views for convenience&#39; sake due to page space). In  FIG. 13A  to  FIG. 14F , a cross sectional pattern diagram along the X-X′ dashed line, that is to say, along the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2  for showing the memory cell array of the 1R configuration, and a cross sectional pattern diagram along the Y-Y′ dashed line therein, that is to say, along the lower electrode wiring BE are shown at the left side and the right side respectively therein. 
     First, a base insulating film  65  is to be formed on a semiconductor substrate  66  where peripheral circuits and the like (not shown) are properly formed. According to the present embodiment as well as the first embodiment, after depositing the BPSG film  65  with the film thickness of 1500 nm, a surface thereof is flattened by polishing the surface of the BPSG film  65  using the CMP method to be the thickness of 800 nm on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate  66 . Next, a material film (a first electrode film)  61  to be a lower electrode wiring is to be deposited thereon. According to the present embodiment, a Ti film of 5 nm thickness, a TiN film of 20 nm thickness, an AlCu film of 200 nm thickness, another Ti film of 5 nm thickness, and another TiN film of 100 nm thickness are to be deposited in order using the spattering method respectively, as the multilayer structure of TiN/Ti/Al—Cu/TiN/Ti. Moreover, an SiN film (a first insulating film)  67  is to be deposited using the CVD method with the thickness of 150 nm on the material film  61  to be the lower electrode wiring. Next, the lower electrode wiring is to be formed as shown in  FIG. 13A  and  FIG. 13E , by etching the SiN film  67  with a resist as a mask (not shown) patterned as the line and space (L/S) shape shown as the lower electrode wiring BE in  FIG. 2  using the photolithography method, by removing the resist thereafter, and by etching the material film  61  to be the lower electrode wiring using the SiN film  67  as another mask thereafter. 
     Next, a TiN film (an electrode film for a bump electrode material)  62  as one example for a material film to be a bump electrode material is to be deposited using the spattering method with the thickness of 40 nm over the surface thereof, as shown in  FIG. 13B  and  FIG. 13F . In this case, it is able to form the thickness of the TiN film  62  along a sidewall of the lower electrode  61  as approximately 20 nm for example. 
     Next, a process using the etch back is to be performed until the TiN film  62  on the base insulating film  65  and on the SiN film  67  is completely removed. The TiN film  62  is retained along the sidewalls of the lower electrode  61  and of the SiN film  67  by such the process, as shown in  FIG. 13C  and  FIG. 13G . 
     Next, an SiO 2  film (a second insulating film)  68  is to be deposited using the CVD method with the thickness of 600 nm over the surface thereof, as shown in  FIG. 13D  and  FIG. 13H . 
     Next, the SiO 2  film  68  is to be flattened and a part of the TiN film  62  is to be exposed by polishing the SiO 2  film  68  using the CMP method to the top surface level of the TiN film  62 , as shown in  FIG. 14A  and  FIG. 14D . Here, the flattening method is not limited to the CMP method, and it may be also available to use any proper flattening technology including such as the spin-on method, the spin-on method combined with the etch back method, or the like. 
     Next, a TiO 2  film  63  as one example for a variable resistor body is to be formed by thermally oxidizing the exposed part of the bump electrode material  62  comprised of the TiN film in the atmosphere including oxygen at the temperature of between 250 and 450° C., as shown in  FIG. 14B  and  FIG. 14E . 
     Next, a material film (a second electrode film)  64  to be an upper electrode wiring is to be deposited over the surface thereof. According to the present embodiment, a TiN film of 20 nm thickness, an AlCu film of 200 nm thickness, a Ti film of 5 nm thickness, and another TiN film of 100 nm thickness are to be deposited in order using the spattering method respectively, as the multilayer structure of TiN/Ti/Al—Cu/TiN. Next, an upper electrode wiring  64  is to be formed by etching the material film  64  to be the upper electrode wiring with a resist as a mask (not shown) patterned as the line and space (L/S) shape shown as the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2 , using the photolithography method. Moreover, an interlayer insulating film  69  is to be deposited thereafter, and then a contact wiring (not shown) and a metal wiring (not shown) are to be formed for the upper electrode wiring  64  and the lower electrode wiring  61  respectively, as shown in  FIG. 14C  and  FIG. 14F . 
     According to the configuration regarding the present embodiment, there is provided the configuration that the upper electrode wiring  54  and the bump electrode material  52  are to be connected via the variable resistor body  53 , and then the bump electrode material  52  is to be connected to the lower electrode  51  at the sidewall thereof. According to such the variable resistive element formed thereby, it becomes able to reduce the area of the contact surface between the variable resistor body and any of the electrodes compared with that of the conventional configurations, as well as the above mentioned each of the embodiments. 
       FIG. 15A  and  FIG. 15B  are plane pattern diagrams of the variable resistive element according to the present embodiment compared with a variable resistive element of a conventional configuration.  FIG. 15A  shows the one of the conventional configuration, and  FIG. 15B  shows the configuration according to the present embodiment. Here, the configuration as shown in  FIG. 15A  is similar to that shown in  FIG. 5A . 
     According to the variable resistive element regarding the present embodiment, there is provided the configuration that the bump electrode material is to be formed only at an outside region of the sidewall of a lower electrode wiring  125 , and such the bump electrode material is to be connected to an upper electrode wiring  126 . And then a region S 3  (a shaded area in the figure) as the cross point region between such the bump electrode material and the upper electrode wiring  126  becomes to be the electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body. 
     The region S 3  has the linear shape with the width of at least the film thickness of the bump electrode material, however, it is able to reduce an area of such the region compared with the region S 1  regarding the conventional variable resistive element. Moreover, it is able to form the bump electrode material by using the self-aligned process, and then it is able to change arbitrarily such the area by controlling the film thickness thereof. 
     That is to say, it is able to reduce a contact area according to the configuration regarding the present embodiment compared with the contact area of the conventional configuration, as well as the configuration of the above mentioned each of the embodiments. Thus, it becomes able to reduce the current consumption, and it becomes possible to manufacture the memory element reproducibly with the stable switching operation without occurring the programming impossible, by configuring a nonvolatile memory device using such the element. 
     Here, the variable resistor body is formed by oxidizing the exposed part of the bump electrode material  62  according to the present embodiment, however, it may also available to form a variable resistor body onto the top surface of the bump electrode material  62  by depositing a TiO 2  film (variable resistor body film) for example as the material film for variable resistor body, as above mentioned in the third embodiment. 
     The Fifth Embodiment 
     The fifth embodiment according to the present invention element and the present invention method (properly referred to as the present embodiment hereinafter) will be described in detail below with reference to  FIG. 16A  to  FIG. 16H . Here, a detailed description for a process which duplicates that of the first embodiment is properly omitted with mentioning that effect. 
     According to the above mentioned each of the embodiments, there is described as one example for the case of applying to the memory cell of 1R type, however, a memory cell is not limited thereto. Regarding the present embodiment, a variable resistive element and its manufacturing method in the case of being applied to a memory cell of 1T/1R type will be described in detail below as another example. 
       FIG. 16  is a view showing manufacturing processes for the present invention element according to the present embodiment, as shown by  FIG. 16A  to  FIG. 16H  in order of each manufacturing process. 
     First, a selective transistor T is to be formed on a semiconductor substrate  81  in accordance with the following heretofore known processes, as shown in  FIG. 16A . That is to say, the selective transistor T is to be formed on the semiconductor substrate  81  that an element isolation region  82  is formed, which is comprised of a gate insulating film  83 , a gate electrode  84 , a drain region  85  and a source region  86  as diffusion layers, and then a base interlayer insulating film  87  is to be formed thereunto. According to the present embodiment, after depositing a BPSG film with a film thickness of 1200 nm therefor, a surface thereof is to be flattened by polishing the surface of the BPSG film using the so-called CMP method until the thickness thereof becomes to be 400 nm on the gate electrode  84 . 
     Next, a contact plug  88  is to be formed for connecting between a lower electrode  89  and the drain region  85 , as shown in  FIG. 16B . Such the contact plug  88  is to be formed in accordance with the following heretofore known processes of: etching the base interlayer insulating film  87  with a resist as a mask patterned using the photolithography method; opening a part to be a contact hole  88  reaching the drain region  85  in the selective transistor T; depositing an electrically conductive polysilicon film thereunto; removing completely the electrically conductive polysilicon film on the base interlayer insulating film  87  by polishing it using the CMP method; and retaining the electrically conductive polysilicon film only at an inside of the contact hole  88 . 
     Next, a lower electrode  89  comprised of a TiN film is to be formed by depositing the TiN film (a first electrode film) using the spattering method to be a thickness of 150 nm, and by patterning it using the photolithography method. 
     Next, an SiO 2  film (a first insulating film)  90  is to be deposited using the CVD method with the thickness of 600 nm over the surface thereof, and then a surface thereof is to be flattened by polishing the SiO 2  film  90  on the lower electrode  89  to be a thickness of 250 nm. Here, the flattening method is not limited to the CMP method, and it may be available to use any proper flattening technology including such as the spin-on method, the spin-on method combined with the etch back method, or the like. And then an open part  91  reaching the lower electrode  89  is to be formed as shown in  FIG. 16C  thereafter, by patterning the SiO 2  film  90  using the photolithography method. 
     Next, a TiN film (an electrode film for a bump electrode material)  92  as one example for a material film to be a bump electrode material is to be deposited using the spattering method with the thickness of 40 nm over the surface thereof, as shown in  FIG. 16D . In this case, it is able to form the TiN film  92  along a sidewall at an inside of the open part  91  with a thickness of approximately 20 nm for example. And then an SiO 2  film  93  is to be deposited using the CVD method with a thickness of 600 nm over the surface thereof. 
     Next, the SiO 2  film  93  is to be flattened and the TiN film  92  is to be exposed by polishing the SiO2 film  93  using the CMP method to a top surface level of the TiN film  92 . And then a bump electrode material  92  comprised of the TiN film is to be formed by removing the TiN film  92  on the SiO 2  film  90  except that inside the open part  91  using the etch back method thereafter, as shown in  FIG. 16E . 
     Next, a TiO 2  film  94  as one example for a variable resistor body is to be formed by thermally oxidizing an exposed part of the bump electrode material  92  comprised of the TiN film in the atmosphere including oxygen at a temperature of between 250 and 450.degree. C., as shown in  FIG. 16F . 
     Next, a TiN film (a second electrode film)  95  as one example for a material film to be an upper electrode wiring is to be deposited over the surface thereof. According to the present embodiment, a TiN film is to be deposited using the spattering method with a film thickness of 150 nm. And then as shown in  FIG. 16G , a variable resistive element R is to be formed, which is comprised of the upper electrode  95 , the variable resistor body  94 , and the lower electrode  89  connected to the bump electrode material  92 , by processing the upper electrode  95  comprised of the TiN film, such as by patterning therefor with using the photolithography method. 
     Next, an SiO 2  film  96  as an interlayer insulating film on the variable resistive element R is to be deposited using the CVD method, and then as shown in  FIG. 16H , a bit wiring  99  for electrically connecting to the upper electrode  95  via a contact plug  97 , and a source wiring  100  for electrically connecting to the source region  86  via a contact plug  98  are to be formed thereafter. 
     According to such the variable resistive element formed thereby, it becomes able to reduce an area of a contact surface between the variable resistor body and any of the electrodes compared with that of the conventional configurations. The following is a detailed description in this regard with reference to the drawings. 
       FIG. 17A  and  FIG. 17B  are plane pattern diagrams of the variable resistive element according to the present embodiment compared with a variable resistive element of a conventional configuration, in the case of using the memory cell of 1T/1R type.  FIG. 17A  shows the one of the conventional configuration, and  FIG. 17B  shows the configuration according to the present embodiment. 
     In the case of the conventional configuration, an area of an electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body corresponds to the area of either one electrode of an upper electrode and a lower electrode regarding the structure shown in  FIG. 37A  and  FIG. 37B  for example, and corresponds to an area of an open part formed between an upper and a lower electrodes regarding the structure shown in  FIG. 39A  to  FIG. 39H . That is to say, a region of an open part  127  specified by a work dimension is almost coincident with an electrically contributing region S 4  (a shaded area in the figure) of the variable resistor body, as shown in  FIG. 17A . 
     On the contrary, according to the variable resistive element regarding the present embodiment, a region S 5  (a shaded area in the figure) becomes to be the electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body, which is an overlapping part between such the bump electrode material and the upper electrode or the lower electrode, because the bump electrode material is to be formed along the inside region of the open part  128  as shown in  FIG. 17B . Moreover, the region S 5  has a square annular shape with a width of at least a film thickness of the bump electrode material, and it is able to reduce the area compared with the region S 4  according to the conventional variable resistive element. Further, it is able to form the bump electrode material by using the self-aligned process, and then it is able to change arbitrarily such the area by controlling the film thickness thereof. Furthermore, it is also able to obtain the similar effect regardless of the planar shape of the bump electrode material, such as a rectangular annular shape, a round annular shape, or the like, based on the shape of the open part. 
     According to the present embodiment, there is described the method in which the bump electrode material is formed at the inside of the open part, however, it may be also able to comprise a configuration as another modified example that a bump electrode material is to be formed at a sidewall of a lower electrode by performing the processes as well as that of the fourth embodiment. 
     The Sixth Embodiment 
     The sixth embodiment according to the present invention element and the present invention method (properly referred to as the present embodiment hereinafter) will be described in detail below with reference to  FIG. 18A  to  FIG. 18G . Here, a detailed description for a process which duplicates that of the fifth embodiment is properly omitted with mentioning that effect. 
       FIG. 18  is a view showing manufacturing processes for the present invention element according to the present embodiment, as shown by  FIG. 18A  to  FIG. 18G  in order of each manufacturing process. 
     First, a selective transistor T is to be formed on a semiconductor substrate  101  by performing the processes as well as that of the fifth embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 18A . That is to say, the selective transistor T is to be formed on the semiconductor substrate  101  that an element isolation region  102  is formed, which is comprised of a gate insulating film  103 , a gate electrode  104 , a drain region (a first electrode film)  105  and a source region  106  as diffusion layers, and then a base interlayer insulating film (a first insulating film)  107  is to be formed thereunto. According to the present embodiment, after depositing a BPSG film with a film thickness of nm therefor, a surface thereof is to be flattened by polishing the surface of the BPSG film using the so-called CMP method until the thickness thereof becomes to be 400 nm on the gate electrode  104 . 
     Next, an open part A as a contact hole reaching the drain region  105  is to be formed by etching the base interlayer insulating film  107  with a resist as a mask patterned using the photolithography method, as shown in  FIG. 18B . 
     Next, a TiN film (an electrode film for a bump electrode material)  108  as one example for a material film to be a bump electrode material is to be deposited using the spattering method with a thickness of 20 nm over the surface thereof. According to the present embodiment, the thickness of the TiN film  108  formed at a sidewall of the open part A is to be approximately 20 nm. And then an SiO 2  film  109  is to be deposited using the CVD method with a thickness of 600 nm over the surface thereof, as shown in  FIG. 18C . 
     Next, the SiO 2  film  109  is to be flattened and the TiN film  108  is to be exposed by polishing the SiO 2  film  109  using the CMP method to a top surface level of the TiN film  108 . And then a bump electrode material  108  comprised of the TiN film is to be formed by removing the TiN film  108  on the SiO 2  film  107  except that inside the open part A using the etch back method thereafter, as shown in  FIG. 18D . 
     Next, a TiO 2  film  110  as one example for a variable resistor body is to be formed by thermally oxidizing an exposed part of the bump electrode material  108  comprised of the TiN film in the atmosphere including oxygen at a temperature of between 250 and 450° C., as shown in  FIG. 18E . 
     Next, a TiN film (a second electrode film) as one example for a material film to be an upper electrode wiring is to be deposited over the surface thereof. According to the present embodiment, a TiN film is to be deposited using the spattering method with a film thickness of 150 nm. And then as shown in  FIG. 18F , a variable resistive element R is to be formed, which is comprised of the upper electrode  111 , the variable resistor body  110 , and a lower electrode connected to the bump electrode material  108 , by processing the upper electrode  111  comprised of the TiN film, such as by patterning therefor with using the photolithography method. That is to say, according to the present embodiment, there is provided a configuration in that the drain region  105  in the transistor T assumes a role as the lower electrode. 
     Next, an SiO 2  film  112  as an interlayer insulating film on the variable resistive element R is to be deposited using the CVD method, and then as shown in  FIG. 18G , a bit wiring  115  for electrically connecting to the upper electrode  111  via a contact plug  113 , and a source wiring  116  for electrically connecting to the source region  106  via a contact plug  114  are to be formed thereafter. 
     According to such the configuration as well as that of the fifth embodiment, an overlapping part between such the bump electrode material and the upper electrode or the lower electrode becomes to be an electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body, because the bump electrode material is to be formed along the inside of the open part. Such the region corresponds to a region S 5  as shown in  FIG. 17B . Such the region has a square annular shape with a width of at least a film thickness of the bump electrode material and it is able to reduce the area compared with the region S 4  according to the conventional variable resistive element. Moreover, it is able to form the bump electrode material by using the self-aligned process, and then it is able to change arbitrarily such the area by controlling the film thickness thereof. Further, it is also able to obtain the similar effect regardless of the planar shape of the bump electrode material, such as a rectangular annular shape, a round annular shape, or the like, based on the shape of the open part. 
     The Seventh Embodiment 
     The seventh embodiment according to the present invention element and the present invention method (properly referred to as the present embodiment hereinafter) will be described in detail below with reference to  FIG. 19  to  FIG. 24B . Here, a detailed description for a process which duplicates that of the first embodiment is properly omitted with mentioning that effect. 
       FIG. 19  is a cross sectional view showing the present invention element according to the present embodiment. The present invention element according to the present embodiment comprises a configuration that a lower electrode wiring  301  and an upper electrode wiring  304  are formed on a base substrate  305 , and then a variable resistor body  303  as a memory material body is formed between the upper and the lower electrodes, wherein a bump electrode material  302  comprised of an electrically conductive material is connected to the lower electrode  301 , and the variable resistor body  303  is formed on an apical part of the bump electrode material  302 , as shown in  FIG. 19 . 
     Next, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present embodiment will be described in detail below, as an example for the case of applying to a memory cell of 1R type.  FIG. 20A  to  FIG. 22B  are views showing manufacturing processes for the present invention element according to the present embodiment, as shown by  FIG. 20A  to  FIG. 22B  in order of each manufacturing process (Those are separated into three views for convenience&#39; sake due to page space). In  FIG. 20A  to  FIG. 22B , a cross sectional pattern diagram along the X-X′ dashed line, that is to say, along the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2  for showing the memory cell array of the 1R configuration, and a cross sectional pattern diagram along the Y-Y′ dashed line therein, that is to say, along the lower electrode wiring BE are shown at the left side and the right side respectively therein. Moreover,  FIG. 23  is a plane pattern diagram showing a pattern layout of an open part WBE to be used in a manufacturing process as shown in  FIG. 20C  and  FIG. 20G . 
     First, a base insulating film  315  is to be formed on a semiconductor substrate  316  where peripheral circuits and the like (not shown) are properly formed. According to the present embodiment as well as the first embodiment, after depositing the BPSG film  315  with a film thickness of 1500 nm, a surface thereof is flattened by polishing a surface of the BPSG film  315  using the CMP method to be a thickness of 800 nm on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate  316 . Next, a material film (a first electrode film)  311  to be a lower electrode wiring is to be deposited thereon. According to the present embodiment, a Ti film of 5 nm thickness, a TiN film of 20 nm thickness, an AlCu film of 200 nm thickness, another Ti film of 5 nm thickness, and another TiN film of 105 nm thickness are to be deposited in order using the spattering method respectively, as the multilayer structure of TiN/Ti/Al—Cu/TiN/Ti. Next, a lower electrode wiring  311  is to be formed as shown in  FIG. 20A  and  FIG. 20E , by etching the material film  311  to be the lower electrode wiring with a resist as a mask (not shown) patterned as the line and space (L/S) shape shown as the lower electrode wiring BE in  FIG. 2  using the photolithography method. Moreover, an SiO 2  film  317  is to be deposited using the CVD method with a thickness of 600 nm over the surface thereof. 
     Next, such the surface is to be flattened by polishing the SiO 2  film  317  using the CMP method to a top surface level of the lower electrode wiring  311 . Moreover, an SiN film (a first insulating film)  318  is to be deposited using the CVD method with a thickness of 150 nm over the surface thereof, as shown in  FIG. 20B  and  FIG. 20F . 
     Next, an open part  319  is to be formed for between the adjacent pattern of the SiN film  318  as shown in  FIG. 20C  and  FIG. 20G , by etching the SiN film  318  with a resist as a mask (not shown in  FIG. 20 ) patterned with an open part of pattern shape shown as a region WBE surrounded by a dashed line in  FIG. 23 , using the photolithography method. In  FIG. 23 , a BE pattern is the configuration as similar to that of the lower electrode wiring BE as shown in  FIG. 2 , and the open part pattern WBE is the pattern to be extended toward the similar direction of the lower electrode wiring BE, wherein both sides at the long side are to be arranged on a region of any adjacent two of the lower electrode wirings BE respectively. Moreover, the open part pattern WBE is to be arranged iteratively, with twice the pitch of the lower electrode wirings BE, and in parallel to the lower electrode wiring BE. Here, the both sides at the long side (interfaces at the long side) of the open part pattern WBE are not required to be on central lines of the lower electrode wirings BE respectively, and they may exist anywhere as long as they are on each region of the lower electrode wirings BE respectively. 
     Next, a TiN film (an electrode film for a bump electrode material)  312  as a material film to be a bump electrode material is to be deposited using the spattering method with a thickness of 40 nm over the surface thereof, as shown in  FIG. 20D  and  FIG. 20H . In this case, it is able to form the TiN film along an inner side surface at an inside of the open part  319  with a thickness of 20 nm for example. Here, such the TiN film  312  is to be formed along the open part  319 , and the inside of the open part  319  is not to be filled therewith. 
     Next, a process using the etch back is performed for the TiN film  312  to be removed completely from both surfaces of the insulating film  318  and the insulating film  317 . Hence, the TiN film  312  is to be retained only along the sidewall at the inside of the open part  319  by such the process, as shown in  FIG. 21A  and  FIG. 21E . Thus, a bump electrode material  312  comprised of the TiN film connected to the lower electrode wiring  311  is to be formed by such the process. 
     Next, an SiO 2  film (a second insulating film)  320  is to be deposited using the CVD method with a thickness of 600 nm over the surface thereof. 
     Next, the SiO 2  film  320  is to be flattened and an apical part of the TiN film  312  is to be exposed by polishing the SiO 2  film  320  using the CMP method to a top surface level of the SiN film  318 , as shown in  FIG. 21C . And then as a result of such the process, the insulating film  318  and the insulating film  320  become to be alternately arranged with sandwiching the bump electrode material  312  thereby, as shown in  FIG. 21C  as well. 
     Next, a TiO 2  film  313  is to be formed by thermal oxidation in an atmosphere including oxygen at a temperature of between 250 and 450° C. as one example for a variable resistor body formed by oxidizing an exposed apical part of the bump electrode material  312  comprised of the TiN film, as shown in  FIG. 21D  and  FIG. 21H . According to the present embodiment, the variable resistor body is to be the TiO 2  film, however, it is also possible to form a TiO 2-x N x  film having a characteristic of variable electrical resistance by controlling properly an oxidation condition, such as an oxidation temperature, an oxygen concentration, or the like. Moreover, according to the present embodiment, the variable resistor body is formed by thermally oxidizing the bump electrode material, however, it may be available to use another oxidation method as well as the above mentioned other embodiments, such as the oxidation in the oxygen plasma, the ozone oxidation, or the like. Or, it may be also available to deposit directly onto a bump electrode material by using the CVD method or the spattering method. 
     Next, a material film (a second electrode film)  314  to be an upper electrode wiring is to be deposited over the surface thereof. According to the present embodiment, a TiN film of 20 nm thickness, an AlCu film of 200 nm thickness, a Ti film of 5 nm thickness, and another TiN film of 100 nm thickness are to be deposited in order using the spattering method respectively, as the multilayer structure of TiN/Ti/Al—Cu/TiN. Next, an upper electrode wiring  314  is to be formed by etching the material film  314  to be the upper electrode wiring, the variable resistor body  313  and the bump electrode material  312 , with a resist as a mask (not shown) patterned as the line and space (L/S) shape shown as the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2 , using the photolithography method. Moreover, an interlayer insulating film  321  is to be deposited thereafter, and then a contact wiring (not shown) and a metal wiring (not shown) are to be formed for the upper electrode wiring  314  and the lower electrode wiring  311  respectively, as shown in  FIG. 22A  and  FIG. 22B . Here, according to the present embodiment for such the processes, the variable resistor body  313  and the bump electrode material  312  are also removed in addition to the upper electrode wiring  314 , for preventing any adjacent pair of the BE wirings from shorting out due to the bump electrode material  312  formed along an inside of the open part pattern WBE as shown in  FIG. 23 . However, it may be also possible to etch only the upper electrode wiring  314  in the process for the upper electrode wiring as shown in  FIG. 22A  and  FIG. 22B  if at least a partial region of the bump electrode material  312  and the variable resistor body  313  is removed by patterning using the photolithography method and etching for example, which are retained at an arbitrary region except a memory cell array wherein none of the BE wirings are comprised. 
     According to such the variable resistive element formed thereby, it becomes able to reduce an area of a contact surface between the variable resistor body and any of the electrodes compared with that of the conventional configurations. The following is a detailed description in this regard with reference to the drawings. 
       FIG. 24A  and  FIG. 24B  is a plane pattern diagram of the variable resistive element according to the present embodiment compared with a variable resistive element of a conventional configuration.  FIG. 24A  shows the one of the conventional configuration, and  FIG. 24B  shows the configuration according to the present embodiment. Here, the configuration as shown in  FIG. 24A  is similar to that shown in  FIG. 5A  and  FIG. 15A . 
     According to the variable resistive element regarding the present embodiment, there is provided the configuration that the bump electrode material is to be formed only at a partial region of an interface side for the open part pattern WBE as shown in  FIG. 23  in a region on a lower electrode wiring  129 , and it is to be electrically connected to the lower electrode wiring. And then a region S 6  (the shaded area in the figure) as a cross point region between such the bump electrode material and an upper electrode wiring  130  becomes to be an electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body. 
     The region S 6  has a linear shape with a width of at least the film thickness of the bump electrode material, however, it is able to reduce an area compared with the region S 1  regarding the conventional variable resistive element. Moreover, it is able to form such the bump electrode material by using the self-aligned process, and then it is able to change arbitrarily such the area by controlling the film thickness thereof. 
     That is to say, it is able to reduce a contact area according to the configuration regarding the present embodiment compared with the contact area of the conventional configuration, as well as the configuration of the above mentioned each of the embodiments. Thus, it becomes able to reduce the current consumption, and it becomes possible to manufacture the memory element reproducibly with the stable switching operation without occurring the programming impossible, by configuring the nonvolatile memory device using such the element. Moreover, it becomes able to reduce the contract area further than that of the above mentioned first to the fourth embodiments wherein the contact area is two of the linear shape for one variable resistive element, because the contact area according to the configuration regarding the present embodiment is only one linear shape for one variable resistive element, by adding the photolithography process using the open part pattern WBE and the etching process. 
     According to the present embodiment, the insulating film  317  is to be the SiO 2  film and the insulating film  318  is to be the SiN film as to be dissimilar materials therebetween, because of ensuring an etching selectivity for the insulating film  317  at the period of the etching process for the insulating film  318  as shown in  FIG. 20C . However, it may be available to use an SiN film for the insulating film  317 , and an SiO 2  film for the insulating film  318 . Or, it may be also applicable with combining properly films of dissimilar materials from insulating material alternatives including other insulating materials except the SiO 2  film and the SiN film. On the contrary, it is possible to use a similar material film for such the insulating films  317  and  318 , such as the similar SiO 2  film for example, however, it is required to control the etching of the insulating film  318  for controlling a decrease in film thickness of the insulating film  317 , and then it is more preferable to choose a different material therefrom. 
     Ditto, the insulating film  320  is to be the SiO 2  film according to the present embodiment, however, it may be available to use an SiN film or another insulating material film. However, it is more preferable to use a different material from that for the insulating film  318 , for ensuring a polishing selectivity of the insulating film  320  for the insulating film  318  at the period of the CMP process therefor as shown in  FIG. 21C . 
     Moreover, according to the present embodiment as well as the other embodiment, the material film  311  for the lower electrode wiring is to be the multilayer structure of TiN/Ti/Al—Cu/TiN/Ti, and the material film  312  for the bump electrode material is to be the TiN film. However, the film thickness for the TiN as the uppermost layer of the lower electrode wiring  311  is to be set with taking into consideration the decrease in film thickness thereof, because of occurring such the decrease in film thickness due to an over etching for such the TiN as the uppermost layer thereof at the period of the etching process for the TiN film  312  as shown in  FIG. 21A  and  FIG. 21E . On the contrary, it is also possible to modify easily the manufacturing method to be such as a combination of dissimilar materials between the material of the uppermost layer of the lower electrode wiring  311  and the material film for the bump electrode material. 
     Further, the process for forming the variable resistor body film  313  according to the present embodiment is to be as shown in  FIG. 21D  and  FIG. 21H , however, it is also possible to modify easily such the process to be after that as shown in  FIG. 20C  and  FIG. 20G . That is to say, it may be available to form a TiO 2  film to be a variable resistor body on an exposed surface of the lower electrode wiring  311  using the thermal oxidation method after the process as shown in  FIG. 20C  and  FIG. 20G , and then to perform the following processes from  FIG. 20D  and  FIG. 20H . As a result, the process as shown in  FIG. 21D  and  FIG. 21H  becomes unnecessary. In such a case, there is provided a configuration in that a variable resistor body is to be formed between a bump electrode material and a lower electrode wiring, and the bump electrode material is to be connected to an upper electrode wiring. 
     The Eighth Embodiment 
     The eighth embodiment according to the present invention element and the present invention method (properly referred to as the present embodiment hereinafter) will be described in detail below with reference to  FIG. 25  to  FIG. 27F . Here, a detailed description for a process which duplicates that of the seventh embodiment is properly omitted with mentioning that effect. 
       FIG. 25  is a cross sectional view showing the present invention element according to the present embodiment. The present invention element according to the present embodiment comprises a configuration that a lower electrode wiring  331  and an upper electrode wiring  334  are formed on a base substrate  335 , and then a variable resistor body  333  as a memory material body is formed between the upper and the lower electrodes, wherein a bump electrode material  332  comprised of an electrically conductive material is connected to the upper electrode  334 , and the bump electrode material  332  and the lower electrode  331  are facing via the variable resistor body  333 , as shown in  FIG. 25 . 
     Next, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present embodiment will be described in detail below, as an example for the case of applying to a memory cell of 1R type.  FIG. 26A  to  FIG. 27F  are views showing manufacturing processes for the present invention element according to the present embodiment, as shown by  FIG. 26A  to  FIG. 27F  in order of each manufacturing process (Those are separated into two views for convenience&#39; sake due to page space). In  FIG. 26A  to  FIG. 27F , a cross sectional pattern diagram along the X-X′ dashed line, that is to say, along the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2  for showing the memory cell array of the 1R configuration, and a cross sectional pattern diagram along the Y-Y′ dashed line therein, that is to say, along the lower electrode wiring BE are shown at the left side and the right side respectively therein. 
     First, by performing the processes as completely similar to that of the seventh embodiment as shown to  FIG. 20C , a lower electrode wiring (a first electrode film)  341  processed using a pattern of lower electrode wiring BE and an SiO 2  film  347  implanted between each of the lower electrode wirings  341  are to be formed onto a base insulating film  345  on a semiconductor substrate  346 , as shown in  FIG. 26A  and  FIG. 26E . Moreover, an open part (a first open part)  349  is to be formed thereunto. Regarding a first insulating film processed using a pattern of open part WBE (corresponds to the insulating film  348  as shown in  FIG. 26A , and the insulating film  318  as shown in  FIG. 20C ), the SiN film is to be used according to the seventh embodiment, however, such the film is to be an Al 2 O 3  film  348  according to the present embodiment. That is to say, the Al 2 O 3  film  348  is to be deposited using the spattering method with a thickness of 150 nm over the surface thereof, and then an open part  349  is to be formed for between the adjacent pattern of the Al 2 O 3  film  348 , by etching such the film with a resist as a mask patterned with the open part pattern WBE using the photolithography method. 
     Next, an SiO 2  film (a dummy film)  350  as an insulating material is to be deposited using the CVD method with a thickness of 25 nm over the surface thereof, as shown in  FIG. 26B  and  FIG. 26F . In this case, it is able to form the SiO 2  film  350  along an inner side surface of the open part  349  with a thickness of 20 nm for example. Here, such the SiO 2  film  350  is to be formed along the open part  349 , and an inside of the open part  349  is not to be filled therewith. 
     Next, a process using the etch back is to be performed until the SiO 2  film  350  on the insulating film  348  and on the insulating film  347  is completely removed. Hence, the SiO 2  film  350  is retained only along a side surface of the open part  349  (or a sidewall of the Al 2 O 3  film  348 ) by such the process, as shown in  FIG. 26C  and  FIG. 26G . And then an SiN film (a second insulating film)  351  is to be deposited using the CVD method with a thickness of 600 nm over the surface thereof. 
     Next, the SiN film  351  is to be flattened and an apical part of the SiO 2  film  350  formed along an inner side surface of the open part  349  is to be exposed by polishing the SiN film  351  using the CMP method to a top surface level of the Al 2 O 3  film  348 , as shown in  FIG. 26D  and  FIG. 26H . And then as a result of such the process, the insulating film  348  and the insulating film  351  become to be alternately arranged with sandwiching the SiO 2  film  350  thereby, as shown in  FIG. 26D  as well. 
     Next, only the SiO 2  film  350  is to be removed selectively for the Al 2 O 3  film  348 , the SiN film  351  and for the lower electrode wiring  341 , by using the wet etching method with a hydrofluoric acid, as shown in  FIG. 27A  and  FIG. 27D . According to such the process, only a partial region on a top surface of the lower electrode wiring  341  is to be exposed by a thickness of the SiO 2  film  350  formed along an inner side surface of the open part  349 , and then an open part (a second open part)  352  is to be formed with a height of a thickness of the Al 2 O 3  film  348  or that of the SiN film  351 . 
     Next, a TiO 2  film  343  is to be formed by thermal oxidation in an atmosphere including oxygen at a temperature of between 250 and 450° C. as one example for a variable resistor body formed by oxidizing an exposed part on a top surface of the lower electrode wiring  341  at an inside of the open part  352 , as shown in  FIG. 27B  and  FIG. 27E . According to the present embodiment, the variable resistor body is to be the TiO 2  film, however, it is also possible to form a TiO 2-x N x  film having a characteristic of variable electrical resistance by controlling properly an oxidation condition, such as an oxidation temperature, an oxygen concentration, or the like. Moreover, according to the present embodiment, the variable resistor body is formed by thermally oxidizing a partial region of the lower electrode wiring  341 , however, it may be also available to use another oxidation method as well as the above mentioned other embodiments, such as the oxidation in the oxygen plasma, the ozone oxidation, or the like. 
     Next, a material film (a second electrode film)  344  to be an upper electrode wiring is to be deposited over the surface thereof, as shown in  FIG. 27C  and  FIG. 27F . According to the present embodiment, a TiN film of 20 nm thickness, an AlCu film of 200 nm thickness, a Ti film of 5 nm thickness, and another TiN film of 100 nm thickness are to be deposited in order using the spattering method respectively, as the multilayer structure of TiN/Ti/Al—Cu/TiN. The material film  344  to be the upper electrode wiring is to be implanted into the open part  352  by such the process, so that a bump electrode material  342  comprised of a material film  344  to be an upper electrode wiring is to be formed. Here, the upper electrode wiring  344  is shown as a shadow area using dots and the bump electrode material  342  is shown as a shaded area in  FIG. 27C  for convenience&#39; sake, however, such the parts are the identical material film to be deposited at the identical process according to the present embodiment. 
     Next, an upper electrode wiring  344  is to be formed by etching the material film  344  to be the upper electrode wiring, the variable resistor body and the bump electrode material  342  with a resist as a mask (not shown) patterned as the line and space (L/S) shape shown as the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2 , using the photolithography method. Moreover, an interlayer insulating film  353  is to be deposited thereafter, and then a contact wiring (not shown) and a metal wiring (not shown) are to be formed for the upper electrode wiring  344  and the lower electrode wiring  341  respectively. 
     According to the configuration regarding the present embodiment, there is provided a configuration that the bump electrode material  332  and the lower electrode  331  are facing via the variable resistor body  333 , and a bump electrode material  332  is to be connected to the upper electrode  334 , as shown in  FIG. 25 . Therefore, the plane pattern diagram becomes to be similar to that of the seventh embodiment as shown in  FIG. 24B , showing the configuration in that the bump electrode material is to be formed only at a partial region of an interface side for the open part pattern WBE as shown in  FIG. 23 , and then it becomes to be electrically connected to the upper electrode wiring. Therefore, the region S 6  (the shaded area in  FIG. 24A  and  FIG. 24B ) as the cross point region between such the bump electrode material and the lower electrode wiring  130  becomes to be the electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body. 
     According to such the variable resistive element formed thereby, it is able to reduce an area of a contact surface between the variable resistor body and any of the electrodes compared with that of the conventional configuration, as similar to that according to the seventh embodiment. Thus, it becomes able to reduce a current consumption, and it becomes possible to manufacture a memory element reproducibly with a stable switching operation without occurring a programming impossible, by configuring a nonvolatile memory device using such the element. 
     According to the present embodiment, the dummy film formed on the open part  349  is to be the SiO 2  film  350 , however, it is not limited thereto, and it may be also available to use another material film. Moreover, such the dummy film is not required to be the insulating material film because it is to be removed at the process as shown in  FIG. 27A , and it may be an electrically conductive material film as well. However, it is desirable to use a material to be able to remove by etching selectively for the insulating film  348 , the insulating film  351  and for the lower electrode wiring  341 . Moreover, such the selective etching is to be the wet etching by using the acid treatment according to the present embodiment, however, the present invention is not limited thereto. 
     Moreover, the insulating film  347 , the insulating film  348  and the insulating film  351  are not limited to the materials according to the present embodiment, as well as that according to the seventh embodiment. However, it is more preferable to select a material individually, for such as the insulating film  348  different from that for the insulating film  347 , and for the insulating film  351  different from that for the insulating film  348 . As another example for taking into consideration the above mention, it may be also available to comprise a configuration in that the insulating film  348  is to be an SiN film, the insulating film  351  is to be an SiO 2  film, and the insulating film  350  is replaced with an amorphous Si (.alpha.-Si) film as a non-insulated material, and then the .alpha.-Si film  350  is to be removed by dry etching using a reactive ion etching (RIE) method at the process as shown in  FIG. 27A . 
     Further, as a modified example of the present embodiment, it may be also possible to modify easily the process as implanting the inside of the open part  352  by depositing a material film for a bump electrode material over the surface thereof, after the process as shown in  FIG. 27A , and then forming the bump electrode material at the inside of the open part  352  by using the etch back or the CMP. Next, a variable resistor body is to be formed at an apical part of the bump electrode material by oxidizing a top surface thereof, and then an electrode film for comprising an upper electrode is to be deposited thereafter. In such a case, the bump electrode material is to be connected to the lower electrode, and the variable resistor body is to be formed at the apical part of the bump electrode material. Hence, there is provided a configuration regarding a structure of cross sectional shape therefor as becoming to be similar to that in  FIG. 19 . 
     Furthermore, as another modified example of the present embodiment, it may be also possible to modify easily the process as implanting the inside of the open part  352  by depositing a material film for a bump electrode material over the surface thereof, after the process as shown in  FIG. 27B , and then forming the bump electrode material at the inside of the open part  352  by using the etch back or the CMP. Next, an electrode film for comprising an upper electrode is to be deposited onto a top surface of the bump electrode material thereafter. In such a case, there is provided a configuration in that a variable resistor body is to be formed at a bottom edge of the bump electrode material, and then the upper electrode is to be formed at an upper part of the bump electrode material. Hence, there is provided a configuration regarding a structure of cross sectional shape therefor as becoming to be similar to that in  FIG. 25 . 
     The Ninth Embodiment 
     The ninth embodiment according to the present invention element and the present invention method (properly referred to as the present embodiment hereinafter) will be described in detail below with reference to  FIG. 28A  to  FIG. 32B . Here, a detailed description for a process which duplicates that of the seventh embodiment is properly omitted with mentioning that effect. 
       FIG. 28A  and  FIG. 28B  are cross sectional views showing the present invention element according to the present embodiment:  FIG. 28A  is a cross sectional view in a parallel direction of an upper electrode wiring  404 ; and  FIG. 28B  is a cross sectional view in a parallel direction of a lower electrode wiring  401 . The present invention element according to the present embodiment comprises a configuration that the lower electrode wiring  401  and the upper electrode wiring  404  are formed on a base substrate  405 , and then a variable resistor body  403  as a memory material body is formed between the upper and the lower electrodes, wherein a first bump electrode material  402  comprised of an electrically conductive material is connected to the lower electrode  401 , a second bump electrode material  406  comprised of an electrically conductive material is connected to the upper electrode  404 , the first bump electrode material  402  and the second bump electrode material  406  are facing via the variable resistor body  403 , as shown in  FIG. 28A  and  FIG. 28B . 
     Next, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present embodiment will be described in detail below, as an example for the case of applying to a memory cell of 1R type.  FIG. 29A  to  FIG. 30F  are views showing manufacturing processes for the present invention element according to the present embodiment, as shown by  FIG. 29A  to  FIG. 30F  in order of each manufacturing process (Those are separated into two views for convenience&#39; sake due to page space). In  FIG. 29A  to  FIG. 30F , a cross sectional pattern diagram along the X-X′ dashed line, that is to say, along the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2  for showing the memory cell array of the 1R configuration, and a cross sectional pattern diagram along the Y-Y′ dashed line therein, that is to say, along the lower electrode wiring BE are shown at the left side and the right side respectively therein. Moreover,  FIG. 31  is a plane pattern diagram showing a pattern layout of an open part WTE to be used in a manufacturing process as shown in  FIG. 29B  and  FIG. 29F . 
     First, by performing the processes as completely similar to that of the seventh embodiment as shown to  FIG. 21D  and  FIG. 21H , a lower electrode wiring (a first electrode film)  411  processed using a pattern of lower electrode wiring BE and then an SiO 2  film  417  implanted between each of the lower electrode wirings  411  are to be formed onto a base insulating film  415  on a semiconductor substrate  416 , as shown in  FIG. 29A  and  FIG. 29E . Moreover, a first bump electrode material  412  is to be formed thereunto, which is connected to a partial region of a top surface of the lower electrode wiring  411 , and comprised of a TiN film (an electrode film for a first bump electrode material). And then a TiO 2  film  413  as one example for a variable resistor body is to be formed by oxidizing an exposed apical part of such the first bump electrode material  412 . 
     Here, in the present invention element according to the present embodiment, the two bump electrode materials are facing via the variable resistor body as above mentioned. As described later, such the bump electrode materials are formed by extending along a sidewall of an insulating film comprising individual open parts (an inner sidewall of an open part) respectively. For clarifying a relation between such the bump electrode material and a location in which such the bump electrode material is formed, there is described only for the present embodiment in that an insulating film comprising an open part for a first bump electrode material to be formed (a first open part) is referred to as a first insulating film, and another insulating film comprising an open part for a second bump electrode material to be formed (a second open part) is referred to as a second insulating film. And then an insulating film to be deposited for an object of filling the open part after forming the bump electrode material is referred to as a filler insulating film. That is to say, a insulating film to be deposited for an object of filling the inside of the first open part after forming the first bump electrode material is referred to as a first filler insulating film, and another insulating film to be deposited for an object of filling the inside of the second open part after forming the second bump electrode material is referred to as a second filler insulating film. 
     That is to say, the SiN film  318  according to the seventh embodiment corresponds to the first insulating film according to the present embodiment, and the open part  319  therein corresponds to the first open part according to the present embodiment. Moreover, the first bump electrode material  412  according to the present embodiment is to be formed so as to extend upward along an inner sidewall of such the first open part. 
     Moreover, an insulating film for filling the first open part after forming the first bump electrode material corresponds to the above mentioned first filler insulating film, which corresponds to the SiO 2  film  320  according to the seventh embodiment. 
     Next, an Al 2 O 3  film (a second insulating film)  418  is to be deposited using the spattering method with a thickness of 150 nm over the surface thereof. And then an open part (a second open part)  419  is to be formed for between the adjacent pattern of the Al 2 O 3  film  418  as shown in  FIG. 29B  and  FIG. 29F , by etching the Al 2 O 3  film  418  with a resist as a mask (not shown in  FIG. 29 ) patterned with an open part of pattern shape shown as a region WTE surrounded by a dashed line in  FIG. 31 , using the photolithography method. In  FIG. 31 , a TE pattern is the configuration as similar to that of the upper electrode wiring TE as shown in  FIG. 2 , and the open part pattern WTE is the pattern to be extended toward the similar direction of the upper electrode wiring TE, wherein both sides at the long side are to be arranged on a region of any adjacent two of the upper electrode wirings TE respectively. Moreover, the open part pattern WTE is to be arranged iteratively, with twice the pitch of the upper electrode wirings TE, and in parallel to the upper electrode wiring TE. Here, the both sides at the long side (interfaces at the long side) of the open part pattern WTE are not required to be on central lines of the upper electrode wirings TE respectively, and they may exist anywhere as long as they are inside the upper electrode wirings TE respectively. 
     Next, a TiN film (an electrode film for a second bump electrode material)  420  as a material film to be a second bump electrode material is to be deposited using the spattering method with a thickness of 40 nm over the surface thereof, as shown in  FIG. 29C  and  FIG. 29G . In this case, it is able to form the TiN film  420  along an inner side surface at an inside of the open part  419  with a thickness of 20 nm for example. Here, such the TiN film  420  is to be formed along the open part  419 , and the inside of the open part  419  is not to be filled therewith. 
     Next, a process using the etch back is performed for the TiN film  420  to be removed completely from a surface of the insulating film  418 . Hence, the TiN film  420  is to be retained only at an inner side surface of the open part  419 , as shown in  FIG. 29D  and  FIG. 29H . Thus, the second bump electrode material  420  comprised of the TiN film is to be formed by such the process. 
     Next, an inside of the open part  419  is to be filled by depositing an SiO 2  film (a second filler insulating film)  421  thereunto using the CVD method with a thickness of 600 nm over the surface thereof. 
     Next, a surface of the SiO 2  film  421  is to be flattened and an apical part of the TiN film  420  as the second bump electrode material is to be exposed by polishing the SiO 2  film  421  using the CMP method to a top surface level of the Al 2 O 3  film  418 , as shown in  FIG. 30B  and  FIG. 30E . 
     Next, a material film (a second electrode film)  414  to be an upper electrode wiring is to be formed over the surface thereof. According to the present embodiment, a TiN film of 20 nm thickness, an AlCu film of 200 nm thickness, a Ti film of 5 nm thickness, and another TiN film of 100 nm thickness are to be deposited in order using the spattering method respectively, as the multilayer structure of TiN/Ti/Al—Cu/TiN. Next, an upper electrode wiring  414  is to be formed by etching the material film  414  to be the upper electrode wiring and the second bump electrode material  420  with a resist as a mask (not shown) patterned as the line and space (L/S) shape shown as the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2 , using the photolithography method. Moreover, an interlayer insulating film  422  is to be deposited thereafter, and then a contact wiring (not shown) and a metal wiring (not shown) are to be formed for the upper electrode wiring  414  and the lower electrode wiring  411  respectively, as shown in  FIG. 30C  and  FIG. 30F . 
     According to such the variable resistive element formed thereby, it becomes able to reduce an area of a contact surface between the variable resistor body and any of the electrodes compared with that of the conventional configurations. The following is a detailed description in this regard with reference to the drawings. 
       FIG. 32A  and  FIG. 32B  is a plane pattern diagram of the variable resistive element according to the present embodiment compared with a variable resistive element of a conventional configuration.  FIG. 32A  shows the one of the conventional configuration, and  FIG. 32B  shows the configuration according to the present embodiment. Here, the configuration as shown in  FIG. 32A  is similar to those shown in  FIG. 5A ,  FIG. 15A  and  FIG. 24A . 
     According to the variable resistive element regarding the present embodiment, there is provided a configuration that the first bump electrode material is to be formed only at a partial region of an interface side for the open part pattern WBE as shown in  FIG. 23  in a region on a lower electrode wiring  131 , and it is to be electrically connected to the lower electrode wiring  131  (a region  133  surrounded by a dashed line in  FIG. 32B ), and then the second bump electrode material is to be formed only at a partial region of an interface side for the open part pattern WTE as shown in  FIG. 31  in a region on a upper electrode wiring  132 , and it is to be electrically connected to the upper electrode wiring  132  (a region  134  surrounded by a dashed line in  FIG. 32B ). Therefore, a region S 7  (a shaded area in the figure) as a cross point region between the region  133  for the first bump electrode material and the region  134  for the second bump electrode material becomes to be an electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body. 
     The region S 7  has the rectangular shape with one side length of at least the film thickness of the first bump electrode material and the other side length of at least the film thickness of the second bump electrode material, however, it is able to reduce an area of such the region compared with the region S 1  regarding the conventional variable resistive element. Moreover, it is able to form the first and the second bump electrode materials by using the self-aligned process, and then it is able to change arbitrarily such the area by controlling the film thickness thereof. 
     That is to say, it is able to reduce a contact area according to the configuration regarding the present embodiment compared with the contact area of the conventional configuration, as well as the configuration of the above mentioned each of the embodiments. Thus, it becomes able to reduce the current consumption, and it becomes possible to manufacture the memory element reproducibly with the stable switching operation without occurring the programming impossible, by configuring the nonvolatile memory device using such the element. Moreover, it becomes able to reduce the contract area more than that of the seventh and the eighth embodiments, by adding the photolithography process for the open part pattern WTE and the etching process. 
     Here, according to the present embodiment, the insulating films under the upper electrode wiring  414  are to be the Al 2 O 3  film  418  and the SiO 2  film  421 , however, it is not limited thereto, and it may be available to use other material films therefor respectively. However, it is more preferable to use a different material for the insulating film  418  from that for the insulating film  421 , for ensuring a polishing selectivity of the insulating film  421  for the insulating film  418  at the period of the CMP process therefor as shown in  FIG. 30B  and  FIG. 30E . 
     Moreover, according to the present embodiment, the variable resistor body film  413  is to be formed at the apical part of the first bump electrode material  412  at the process as shown in  FIG. 29A  and  FIG. 29E , however, it is also available to adopt easily a modified example in that such the film is to be deposited after the process for the Al 2 O 3  film  418 .  FIG. 33A  to  FIG. 33H  are views showing manufacturing processes for the present modified example, as shown by  FIG. 33A  to  FIG. 33H  in order of each manufacturing process. In  FIG. 33A  to  FIG. 33H , a cross sectional pattern diagram along the X-X′ dashed line, that is to say, along the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2  for showing the memory cell array of the 1R configuration, and a cross sectional pattern diagram along the Y-Y′ dashed line therein, that is to say, along the lower electrode wiring BE are shown at the left side and the right side respectively therein. 
     First, by performing the processes as completely similar to that of the seventh embodiment as shown to  FIG. 21C  and  FIG. 21G , a lower electrode wiring (a first electrode film)  411  processed using a pattern of lower electrode wiring BE and an SiO 2  film  417  implanted between each of the lower electrode wirings  411  are to be formed onto a base insulating film  415  on a semiconductor substrate  416 , as shown in  FIG. 33A  and  FIG. 33E . Moreover, a first bump electrode material  412  is to be formed thereunto, which is connected to a partial reason of a top surface of the lower electrode wiring  411 , and comprised of a TiN film (an electrode film for a first bump electrode material). 
     Next, an Al 2 O 3  film (a second insulating film)  423  is to be deposited using the spattering method with a thickness of 150 nm over the surface thereof. And then an open part (a second open part)  424  is to be formed for between the adjacent pattern of the Al 2 O 3  film  423  as shown in  FIG. 33B  and  FIG. 33F , by etching the Al 2 O 3  film  423  with a resist as a mask (not shown in  FIG. 33 ) patterned with an open part of pattern shape shown as the region WTE surrounded by the dashed line in  FIG. 31 , using the photolithography method. 
     Next, a TiO 2  film  425  is to be formed by thermal oxidation in an atmosphere including oxygen at a temperature of between 250 and 450° C. as one example for a variable resistor body formed by oxidizing an exposed apical part on a top surface of the first bump electrode material  412  at an inside of the open part  424 , as shown in  FIG. 33C  and  FIG. 33G . 
     Hereinafter, by performing the processes as similar to that as shown from  FIG. 29C ,  FIG. 29G ,  FIG. 29D ,  FIG. 29H , and  FIG. 30A  through  FIG. 30F , a second bump electrode material  426  comprised of a TiN film (an electrode film for a second bump electrode material) along an inner side surface of the open part  424 , an SiO 2  film (a second filler insulating film)  427  for filling the open part (the second open part)  424  formed on the variable resistor body  425  between the adjacent pair of the second bump electrode materials  426 , an upper electrode wiring (a second electrode film)  428  and an interlayer insulating film  429  are to be formed, as shown in  FIG. 33D  and  FIG. 33H . Thus, it becomes able to form a variable resistive element according to the modified example regarding the present embodiment. 
     Here, regarding the present embodiment, it is desirable to add a process for removing at least a partial region of the first bump electrode material  412  by patterning using the photolithography method and the etching method, which are retained at an arbitrary region except a memory cell array wherein none of the BE wirings are comprised, for preventing any adjacent pair of the BE wirings from shorting out due to the first bump electrode material  412  formed along the inside of the open part pattern WBE as shown in  FIG. 23 . Such the process may be added at any one of the steps after forming the first bump electrode material  412  but before the process as shown in  FIG. 30A  and  FIG. 30D . 
     Moreover, according to the present embodiment regarding the process as shown in  FIG. 30C  and  FIG. 30F , the second bump electrode material  420  are also etched to be removed in addition to the upper electrode wiring  414 , for preventing any adjacent pair of the TE wirings from shorting out due to the second bump electrode material  420  formed along the inside of the open part pattern WTE as shown in  FIG. 36A  to  FIG. 36D . However, it may be also possible to etch only the upper electrode wiring  414  in the process for the upper electrode wiring, if at least a partial region of the second bump electrode material  420  is removed by patterning using the photolithography method and the etching method for example, which are retained at an arbitrary region except a memory cell array, wherein none of the TE wirings are comprised. 
     Further, according to the present embodiment, the bump electrode material formed by performing the processes as completely similar to that of the seventh embodiment as shown to  FIG. 21C  and  FIG. 21G  is to be the first bump electrode material, however, it is also possible to be easily a bump electrode material formed by performing the processes as completely similar to that of the second embodiment as shown to  FIG. 11A  and  FIG. 11D . In such a case, an area of an electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body becomes to be two times larger than that of the region described with reference to  FIG. 32A  and  FIG. 32B  because the area is separated into two places. However, it becomes able to be unnecessary to add the above mentioned process for removing the first bump electrode material retained at an arbitrary region except a memory cell array, because the first bump electrode material is not formed along an inside of an open part pattern WBE. 
     The Tenth Embodiment 
     The tenth embodiment according to the present invention element and the present invention method (properly referred to as the present embodiment hereinafter) will be described in detail below with reference to  FIG. 34  to  FIG. 37B . Here, a detailed description for a process which duplicates that of the first embodiment is properly omitted with mentioning that effect. 
       FIG. 34  is a cross sectional view showing the present invention element according to the present embodiment. The present invention element according to the present embodiment comprises a configuration that a lower electrode wiring  431  and an upper electrode wiring  434  are formed on a base substrate  435 , and then a variable resistor body  433  as a memory material body is formed between the upper and the lower electrodes, wherein a bump electrode material  432  comprised of an electrically conductive material is connected to the lower electrode  431 , and the variable resistor body  433  is formed on an apical part of the bump electrode material  432 , as shown in  FIG. 34 . Moreover, different from the variable resistive element according to the above mentioned each of the embodiments, the bump electrode material  432  is to be extended in a plane parallel direction to the base substrate  435 , and a contact surface between the variable resistor body  433  and the upper electrode film  434  is to be formed so as to be approximately perpendicular to the base substrate  435 . 
     Next, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present embodiment will be described in detail below, as an example for the case of applying to a memory cell of 1R type.  FIG. 35A  to  FIG. 36D  are views showing manufacturing processes for the present invention element according to the present embodiment, as shown by  FIG. 35A  to  FIG. 36D  in order of each manufacturing process (Those are separated into two views for convenience&#39; sake due to page space). In  FIG. 35A  to  FIG. 36D , a cross sectional pattern diagram along the X-X′ dashed line, that is to say, along the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2  for showing the memory cell array of the 1R configuration, and a cross sectional pattern diagram along the Y-Y′ dashed line therein, that is to say, along the lower electrode wiring BE are shown at the left side and the right side respectively therein. 
     First, a base insulating film  445  is to be formed on a semiconductor substrate  446  that peripheral circuits and the like (not shown) are properly formed. According to the present embodiment as well as the first embodiment, after depositing the BPSG film  445  with the film thickness of 1500 nm, a surface thereof is flattened by polishing the surface of the BPSG film  445  using the CMP method to be the thickness of 800 nm on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate  446 . Next, a material film (an electrode film for a bump electrode material)  442  to be a bump electrode material, a material film (a first electrode film)  441  to be a lower electrode wiring, and then an SiO 2  film (a first insulating film)  447  are to be deposited in order thereon. According to the present embodiment, a TiN film  442  is to be deposited using the spattering method with a thickness of 20 nm for the material film to be the bump electrode material, and then for the material film  441  to be a lower electrode wiring, a Ti film of 5 nm thickness, a TiN film of 20 nm thickness, an AlCu film of 200 nm thickness, another Ti film of 5 nm thickness, and another TiN film of 100 nm thickness are to be deposited in order using the spattering method respectively, as the multilayer structure of TiN/Ti/Al—Cu/TiN/Ti. Moreover, the SiO 2  film  447  is to be deposited using the CVD method with the thickness of 150 nm thereunto. Next, a lower electrode wiring  441  is to be formed as shown in  FIG. 35A  and  FIG. 35E , by etching the SiO 2  film  447  with a resist as a mask (not shown) patterned as the line and space (L/S) shape shown as the lower electrode wiring BE in  FIG. 2 , using the photolithography method, and by etching the material film  441  to be the lower electrode wiring using the SiO 2  film  447  as another mask thereafter. 
     Next, an SiO 2  film (a second insulating film)  448  is to be deposited using the CVD method with a thickness of 150 nm over the surface thereof. 
     Next, a process using the etch back is to be performed until the SiO 2  film  448  on the TiN film  442  is completely removed, as shown in  FIG. 35C  and  FIG. 35G . The SiO 2  film  448  is retained as a sidewall spacer shape at a side surface of the lower electrode wiring  441  by such the process, that is, a sidewall film is to be formed. 
     Next, a bump electrode material  442  comprised of the TiN film and connected to the lower electrode wiring  441  is to be formed at a bottom part of the SiO 2  film  448  of the sidewall spacer shape, by etching the TiN film  442  with using the SiO 2  film  447  and the SiO 2  film  448  of the sidewall spacer shape as masks, as shown in  FIG. 35D  and  FIG. 35H . 
     Next, a TiO 2  film  443  is to be formed by thermal oxidation in an atmosphere including oxygen at a temperature of between 250 and 450° C. as one example for a variable resistor body formed by oxidizing an exposed apical part of the bump electrode material  442  comprised of the TiN film, as shown in  FIG. 36A  and  FIG. 36C . According to the present embodiment, the variable resistor body is to be the TiO 2  film, however, it is also possible to form a TiO 2-x N x  film having a characteristic of variable electrical resistance by controlling properly an oxidation condition, such as an oxidation temperature, an oxygen concentration, or the like. Moreover, according to the present embodiment, the variable resistor body is formed by thermally oxidizing the bump electrode material, however, it may be available to use another oxidation method as well as the above mentioned other embodiments, such as the oxidation in the oxygen plasma, the ozone oxidation, or the like. Or, it may be also available to deposit directly onto a bump electrode material by using the CVD method or the spattering method. 
     Next, a material film (a second electrode film)  444  to be an upper electrode wiring is to be deposited over the surface thereof. According to the present embodiment, a TiN film of 20 nm thickness, an AlCu film of 200 nm thickness, a Ti film of 5 nm thickness, and another TiN film of 100 nm thickness are to be deposited in order using the spattering method respectively, as the multilayer structure of TIN/Ti/Al—Cu/TiN. Next, an upper electrode wiring  444  is to be formed by etching the material film  444  to be the upper electrode wiring with a resist as a mask (not shown) patterned as the line and space (L/S) shape shown as the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2 , using the photolithography method. Moreover, an interlayer insulating film  449  is to be deposited thereafter, and then a contact wiring (not shown) and a metal wiring (not shown) are to be formed for the upper electrode wiring  444  and the lower electrode wiring  441  respectively, as shown in  FIG. 36B  and  FIG. 36D . 
     According to such the variable resistive element formed thereby, it becomes able to reduce an area of a contact surface between the variable resistor body and any of the electrodes compared with that of the conventional configurations. The following is a detailed description in this regard with reference to the drawings. 
       FIG. 37A  and  FIG. 37B  are plane pattern diagrams of the variable resistive element according to the present embodiment compared with a variable resistive element of a conventional configuration.  FIG. 37A  shows the one of the conventional configuration, and  FIG. 37B  shows the configuration according to the present embodiment. Here, the configuration as shown in  FIG. 37A  is similar to that shown in  FIG. 5A ,  FIG. 15A ,  FIG. 24A  and  FIG. 32A . 
     According to the variable resistive element regarding the present embodiment, there is provided a configuration in that the bump electrode material connected to the lower electrode wiring  135  is extended in a plane parallel direction to a position to be alienated outside with a distance of the film thickness of the sidewall shape for the insulating film  448  from an interface side for the lower electrode wiring  135 , and then a region S 8  (a shaded area in the figure) as a cross point region between such the bump electrode material and an upper electrode wiring  136  becomes to be an electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body. The region S 8  in  FIG. 37B  has a linear shape with a width of at least the film thickness of the bump electrode material in a perpendicular direction to the page (in a vertical direction to the substrate surface), however, it is able to reduce an area of such the region compared with the region S 1  regarding the conventional variable resistive element. Moreover, it is able to form the bump electrode material by using the self-aligned process, and then it is able to change arbitrarily such the area by controlling a thickness of a film to be deposited onto the base substrate. Further, it is possible to set such the film thickness thinner than the film thickness of the lower electrode wiring  135 . 
     That is to say, it is able to reduce a contact area according to the configuration regarding the present embodiment compared with the contact area of the conventional configuration, as well as the configuration of the above mentioned each of the embodiments. Thus, it becomes able to reduce the current consumption, and it becomes possible to manufacture the memory element reproducibly with the stable switching operation without occurring the programming impossible, by configuring a nonvolatile memory device using such the element. 
     Here, according to the above mentioned present embodiment, there is described as one example for the case of applying to a variable resistive element comprising a memory cell of 1R type, however, it is also available to apply the variable resistive element according to the present invention to a memory cell of 1T/1R type. That is to say, it is possible to apply the variable resistive element easily to a memory cell of 1T/1R type, by pattering the insulating film  447  and the material film  441  to be the lower electrode wiring so as to be an isolated rectangular shape at the process as shown in  FIG. 35A  and  FIG. 35E , by patterning the material film  444  to be the upper electrode wiring so as to be an isolated rectangular shape as well at the process as shown in  FIG. 36B  and  FIG. 36D , and forming properly a selective transistor, a contact plug for electrically connecting to the lower electrode, and wirings, such as a source wiring, a bit wiring, or the like, in the memory cell, using the method as similar to that for the fifth embodiment. 
       FIG. 37C  is a plane pattern diagram showing a configuration to be applied to a variable resistive element comprising a memory cell of 1T/1R type. According to such the variable resistive element, there is provided a configuration in that the bump electrode material connected to a lower electrode wiring  137  of an isolated rectangular shape is extended in a plane parallel direction to a position to be alienated outside with the distance of the film thickness of the sidewall shape for the insulating film  448  from the lower electrode wiring  137 , and then a region S 9  (a shaded area in the figure) as a cross point region between such the bump electrode material and an upper electrode wiring  138  becomes to be an electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body. The region S 9  in  FIG. 37C  is to be formed with an annular shape so as to surround the lower electrode, and has a width of at least the film thickness of the bump electrode material in a perpendicular direction to the page (in a vertical direction to the substrate surface). Moreover, it is able to form the bump electrode material by using the self-aligned process, and then it is able to change arbitrarily such the area by controlling a film thickness of a film to be deposited onto the base substrate. Further, it is possible to set such the film thickness thinner than the film thickness of the lower electrode wiring  137 . 
     The Eleventh Embodiment 
     The eleventh embodiment according to the present invention element and the present invention method (properly referred to as the present embodiment hereinafter) will be described in detail below with reference to  FIG. 38  to  FIG. 41 . Here, a detailed description for a process which duplicates that of the first embodiment is properly omitted with mentioning that effect. 
       FIG. 38  is a cross sectional view showing the present invention element according to the present embodiment. The present invention element according to the present embodiment comprises a configuration that a lower electrode wiring  451  and an upper electrode wiring  454  are formed on a base substrate  455 , and then a variable resistor body  453  as a memory material body is formed between the upper and the lower electrodes, wherein a bump electrode material  452  comprised of an electrically conductive material is connected to the upper electrode  454 , and the variable resistor body  453  is formed on an apical part of the bump electrode material  452 , as shown in  FIG. 38 . Moreover, as well as the variable resistive element according to the tenth embodiment, the bump electrode material  452  is to be extended in a plane parallel direction to the base substrate  455 , and a contact surface between the variable resistor body  453  and the lower electrode  451  is to be formed so as to be approximately perpendicular to the base substrate  455 . 
     Next, the manufacturing method for a variable resistive element according to the present embodiment will be described in detail below, as an example for the case of applying to a memory cell of 1R type.  FIG. 39A  to  FIG. 40F  are views showing manufacturing processes for the present invention element according to the present embodiment, as shown by  FIG. 39A  to  FIG. 40F  in order of each manufacturing process (Those are separated into two views for convenience&#39; sake due to page space). In  FIG. 39A  to  FIG. 40F , a cross sectional pattern diagram along the X-X′ dashed line, that is to say, along the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2  for showing the memory cell array of the 1R configuration, and a cross sectional pattern diagram along the Y-Y′ dashed line therein, that is to say, along the lower electrode wiring BE are shown at the left side and the right side respectively therein. Moreover,  FIG. 41  is a plane pattern diagram showing a pattern layout of a wiring pattern RBE to be used in a manufacturing process as shown in  FIG. 39A  and  FIG. 39E . 
     First, a base insulating film  465  is to be formed on a semiconductor substrate  466  where peripheral circuits and the like (not shown) are properly formed. According to the present embodiment as well as the first embodiment, after depositing the BPSG film  465  with the film thickness of 1500 nm, a surface thereof is flattened by polishing the surface of the BPSG film  465  using the CMP method to be the thickness of 800 nm on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate  466 . Next, a material film (an electrode film for a bump electrode material)  462  to be a bump electrode material, and then an SiN film (a dummy film)  467  are to be deposited in order thereupon. According to the present embodiment, a TiN film  462  is to be deposited using the spattering method with a thickness of 20 nm for the material film to be the bump electrode material, and then the SiN film  467  is to be deposited using the CVD method with a thickness of 300 nm thereunto. 
     Next, a bump electrode material  462  is to be formed as shown in  FIG. 39A  and  FIG. 39E , by etching the SiN film  467  with a resist as a mask (not shown in  FIG. 39 ) patterned as a wiring pattern RBE shown in  FIG. 41 , using the photolithography method, and by etching the TiN film  462  using the SiN film  467  as another mask thereafter. In  FIG. 41 , a BE pattern is the configuration as similar to that of the lower electrode wiring BE as shown in  FIG. 2 , and the wiring pattern RBE (a shadow area in the figure) is defined as a region where the BE pattern is reversed. 
     Next, a TiO 2  film  463  is to be formed by thermal oxidation in an atmosphere including oxygen at a temperature of between 250 and 450° C. as one example for a variable resistor body formed by oxidizing an exposed apical part of the bump electrode material  462  comprised of the TiN film. According to the present embodiment, the variable resistor body is to be the TiO 2  film, however, it is also possible to form a TiO 2-x N x  film having a characteristic of variable electrical resistance by controlling properly an oxidation condition, such as an oxidation temperature, an oxygen concentration, or the like. Moreover, according to the present embodiment, the variable resistor body is formed by thermally oxidizing the bump electrode material, however, it may be available to use another oxidation method as well as the above mentioned other embodiments, such as the oxidation in the oxygen plasma, the ozone oxidation, or the like. Next, a material film (a first electrode film)  461  to be a lower electrode wiring is to be deposited thereafter, as shown in  FIG. 39B  and  FIG. 39F . According to the present embodiment, a Ti film of 5 nm thickness, a TiN film of 20 nm thickness, an AlCu film of 200 nm thickness, another Ti film of 5 nm thickness, and another TiN film of 100 nm thickness are to be deposited in order using the spattering method respectively, as the multilayer structure of TiN/Ti/Al—Cu/TiN/Ti. 
     Next, a surface thereof is to be flattened by polishing the material film  461  to be a lower electrode wiring using the CMP method to a top surface level of the SiN film  467 . Moreover, a lower electrode wiring  461  is to be formed by the etch back for the material film  461  to be the lower electrode wiring with reducing the film thickness thereof, and then a stepped part  468  is to be formed between the lower electrode wiring  461  and the SiN film  467 , as shown in  FIG. 39C  and  FIG. 39G . According to the present embodiment, the stepped part  468  with a height of 100 nm is to be formed, by etching further 100 nm after the surface thereof is to be flattened. 
     Next, an SiO 2  film (a first insulating film)  469  is to be deposited using the CVD method with a thickness of 600 nm over the surface thereof, as shown in  FIG. 39D  and  FIG. 39H . 
     Next, the stepped part  468  is to be implanted and a surface thereof is to be flattened by polishing the SiO 2  film  469  using the CMP method to a top surface level of the SiN film  467 , as shown in  FIG. 40A  and  FIG. 40D . 
     Next, only the SiN film  467  is to be removed selectively for the SiO 2  film  469 , the lower electrode wiring  441  and for the TiN film  462 , by using the wet etching method with heated phosphoric acid, and an open part is to be formed. And then an SiO 2  film (a second insulating film)  470  of a sidewall spacer shape is to be formed at a side surface of the lower electrode wiring  461 , as shown in  FIG. 40B  and  FIG. 40E , by performing a process using the etch back, after depositing the SiO 2  film  470  using the CVD method with a thickness of 150 nm over the surface. 
     Next, a material film (a second electrode film)  464  to be an upper electrode wiring is to be deposited over the surface. According to the present embodiment, a TiN film of 20 nm thickness, an AlCu film of 200 nm thickness, a Ti film of 5 nm thickness, and another TiN film of 100 nm thickness are to be deposited in order using the spattering method respectively, as the multilayer structure of TiN/Ti/Al—Cu/TiN. Next, an upper electrode wiring  464  is to be formed by etching the material film  464  to be the upper electrode wiring and the bump electrode material  462  with a resist as a mask (not shown) patterned as the line and space (L/S) shape shown as the upper electrode wiring TE in  FIG. 2 , using the photolithography method. Moreover, an interlayer insulating film  471  is to be deposited thereafter, and then a contact wiring (not shown) and a metal wiring (not shown) are to be formed for the upper electrode wiring  464  and the lower electrode wiring  461  respectively, as shown in  FIG. 40C  and  FIG. 40F . 
     According to the configuration regarding the present embodiment, it is able to form an electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body as a linear shape with a width of at least a film thickness of the bump electrode material, as well as that according to the tenth embodiment, and then it is able to reduce an area of such the region compared with that regarding the conventional variable resistive element. Moreover, it is able to form the bump electrode material by using the self-aligned process, and then it is able to change arbitrarily such the area by controlling a thickness of a film to be deposited onto the base substrate. Further, it is possible to set such the film thickness thinner than the film thickness of the lower electrode wiring. 
     That is to say, it is able to reduce a contact area according to the configuration regarding the present embodiment compared with the contact area of the conventional configuration, as well as the configuration of the above mentioned each of the embodiments. Thus, it becomes able to reduce the current consumption, and it becomes possible to manufacture the memory element reproducibly with the stable switching operation without occurring the programming impossible, by configuring a nonvolatile memory device using such the element. 
     According to the present embodiment, the dummy film  467  is to be the SiN film, however, it is not limited thereto, and it may be also available to use any other material films properly. Moreover, such the dummy film is not required to be the insulating material film because it is to be removed in the manufacturing process, and it may be an electrically conductive material film as well. However, it is desirable to use a material which can be removed by etching selectively for the insulating film  469 , the lower electrode wiring  461  and for the bump electrode material  462 . Moreover, such the selective etching is to be the wet etching by using the acid treatment according to the present embodiment, however, the present invention is not limited thereto. 
     Moreover, according to the above mentioned present embodiment, there is described as an example for the case of applying to a variable resistive element comprising a memory cell of 1R type, however, it may be also available to apply the variable resistive element according to the present invention to a memory cell of 1T/1R type. 
     Thus, according to the present invention element described following the first to the eleventh embodiments, it is not necessary to reduce the line width of the upper electrode or of the lower electrode, because there is provided the configuration in that the area of the electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body is to be reduced by using the bump electrode material to be connected to the upper electrode or the lower electrode. And then according to the present invention element, it becomes able to avoid the problem that the wiring resistance of the upper electrode or of the lower electrode is increased, which may occur in the case of solving the conventional problems by reducing the line width of the upper electrode or of the lower electrode beyond a limitation of an exposure technology using some sort of method. This indicates that the present invention element is more effective for the memory cell array configuration of 1R type, wherein it is required to comprise a longer electrode wiring length corresponding to an integration of more memory cells. 
     Moreover, according to the present invention element, it becomes able to avoid the problem that the wiring resistance of the upper electrode or of the lower electrode is increased, which may occur in the case of solving the conventional problems by forming the film thickness thinner for the upper electrode or for the lower electrode and by using only the side surface thereof using some sort of method. This indicates by the same token that the present invention element is more effective for the memory cell array configuration of 1R type, wherein it is required to comprise the longer electrode wiring length corresponding to the integration of more memory cells. 
     As above mentioned, according to the variable resistive element and its manufacturing method of the present invention, it is able to form a variable resistor body film by a thermal processing step of oxidation as a general process in manufacturing processes for semiconductor, and then it is not required a particular equipment for such a deposition thereof, because it is able to select a transition metal or a nitride of a transition metal element for a material film for a bump electrode material, and then because it is able to use an oxide of the transition metal element or an oxynitride of the transition metal element formed by oxidizing one end part thereof respectively as a variable resistor body. Moreover, a matching property with an existing CMOS process is high, and then it is easy to manufacture thereof, because any novel metal is not necessarily required as the material film for a bump electrode material. 
     Moreover, there is obtained an advantage that it becomes easy for designing processes with using a titanium based material which has been conventionally used in general purpose in semiconductor processes, by choosing a titanium nitride for a material film of the above mentioned bump electrode material, and by choosing a titanium oxide or a titanium oxynitride as an oxide material or an oxynitride material of such the material film for the variable resistor body. 
     Further, there is obtained an advantage of reducing the fluctuation in resistance value regarding the variable resistor body, as an additional function according to the present invention. It may be inferable that an effect from a local filament part in the variable resistor is cleared away according to the variable resistive element regarding the present invention, by reducing the area of the electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body, and then that the fluctuation may be improved because an intrinsic property (a property inherent to the film) of the variable resistor appears thereby, compared with the conventional variable resistive element in that such the local filament part effects dominantly for the variation in resistance value, as described in the nonpatent document 2. Thus, it becomes possible to control a variation in resistance value within a further smaller range for the resistance value according to the variable resistive element regarding the present invention. 
     Still further, according to the above mentioned each of the embodiments regarding the present invention, there is described the electrically contributing region of the variable resistor body based on the expression “linear shape” or “annular shape”, however, these are not strictly limited as a linear shape or a rectangular annular shape respectively. That is to say, it is also possible to modify using such as a curve, a polygonal line, combination of those, or the like, instead of a straight line. And even in a case of using a half circle, a U-shape, or a letter “L” shape, if it is a configuration for reducing an area of an electrically contributing region of a variable resistor body, the effectiveness of the present invention is not negatively influenced thereby. Or, it may be also available to use a round shape or a shape of an ellipse instead of the rectangular annular shape, or a polygon instead of a quadrangle, and then it is also possible to modify such the annular shape to be configured with a polygonal line or a curve. 
     Furthermore, according to the above mentioned each of the embodiments regarding the present invention, a control element in the memory cell of 1T/1R type is to be a MOS transistor, however, even if it is to be another control element, such as a diode element or the like, it does not hinder at all the application of the variable resistive element according to the present invention. Moreover, it is also possible to be a memory cell comprising a configuration in that diodes are to be series connected to a cross point structure region, for reducing a parasitic current in the memory cell of 1R type. Such the diode generally has a structure in which it is connected to a variable resistor body as a memory material body in series outside of an upper electrode or of a lower electrode, however, it may be also available to be a configuration in that a diode is to be arranged between a variable resistor body and an upper electrode, or between a variable resistor body and a lower electrode. Further, it is available for a diode to use a material exhibiting such as a PN diode characteristic or a Schottky diode characteristic, a varistor of such as ZnO or Bi 2 O 3 , or the like. 
     Here, according to the above mentioned each of the embodiments regarding the present invention, there is described using the TiN film for the electrically conductive material as the bump electrode material, however, it is not limited thereto. For example, a transition metal of such as Ti, Ni, Zn, V, Nb, or the like, is to be used for a bump electrode material, and then it is available to use an oxide of the transition metal element formed by oxidizing one apical part thereof, for a variable resistor body. Moreover, a nitride of a transition metal element as electrically conductive, such as ZnN, WN, or the like, is to be used for a bump electrode material, and then it is available to use an oxide of the transition metal element or an oxynitride of the transition metal element formed by oxidizing one apical part thereof, for a variable resistor body. 
     Further, in addition to such the materials, a novel metal of such as Pt, Ir, Ru, Os, Rh, Pd, or the like, a metal element of such as Al or the like, or other sort of alloys may be also available for a material film for a bump electrode material. However, it is required to form a variable resistor body by using a deposition method for such the metal materials. Therefore, it is more preferable to use the above mentioned transition metal or the nitride of the transition metal element as electrically conductive for a material film for a bump electrode material, for leveraging an advantage as one aspect according to the present invention that a variable resistor body is to be formed by oxidizing one apical part of a bump electrode material. 
     Still further, according to the above mentioned each of the embodiments regarding the present invention, the variable resistor body is to be the TiO 2  film, however, a variable resistor body film is not limited thereto. For example, it is able to use an oxide of other transition metal elements or an oxynitride of other transition metal elements formed by oxidizing respectively the above mentioned transition metals or nitrides of the transition metal elements except the Ti and the TiN. Or, it is also available to form a perovskite-type oxide of such as the PCMO film or the like directly onto a bump electrode material. 
     Still further, according to the above mentioned each of the embodiments regarding the present invention, the upper electrode and the lower electrode are to be the TiN film, or the film of multilayer structure comprised of the TiN film, Ti film and the Al—Cu film, however, it is not limited thereto. For example, it is possible to select arbitrarily from other transition metals, an alloy including such the elements, a novel metal of such as Pt, Ir, Ru, Os, Rh, Pd, or the like, a metal element of such as Al or the like, or other sort of alloys and the like. 
     Furthermore, according to the above mentioned each of the embodiments regarding the present invention, there is described such as the titanium nitride is to be the TiN, the titanium oxide is to be the TiO 2 , the titanium oxynitride is to be the TiO 2-X N X , or the like, however, such the description is an abbreviation, and a composition ratio for each of the elements is not exactly defined thereby. In particular, the titanium oxide and the titanium oxynitride can be applied as a variable resistor body to the present invention, as long as they comprise a composition ratio for a variable resistance property therein. Furthermore, each of the described dimensions is one example for describing the manufacturing processes according to each of the embodiments, and it is not limited to such the dimensions. 
     INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY 
     The variable resistive element and its manufacturing method according to the present invention are applicable to a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device.