Patent ID: 7332377

Claim:
A method for manufacturing or integrating, respectively, solid body electrolyte memory cells for generating at least one memory array with crosspoint architecture, said method comprising at least the following steps: depositing a bottom electrode material on a silicon substrate, structuring the bottom electrode material for forming bottom electrode paths, generating a layer stack on the prestructured bottom electrode paths by depositing of layers of a solid body electrolyte material, of a reactive metal, and of a top electrode material, structuring the top electrode material lithographically vertically to the bottom electrode paths by self-aligned etching of the top electrode material for generating top electrode paths, and structuring the remaining layer stack lithographically vertically to the bottom electrode paths by self-aligned etching of active layers or of the solid body electrolyte material, respectively, and of the reactive metal for generating continuous paths or trenches, respectively, in the layer stack.