A microelectronic programmable structure suitable for storing information, and array including the structure and methods of forming and programming the structure are disclosed. The programmable structure generally includes an ion conductor and a plurality of electrodes. Electrical properties of the structure may be altered by applying energy to the structure, and thus information may be stored using the structure.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 11/117,229, entitled PROGRAMMABLE STRUCTURE, AN ARRAY INCLUDING THE STRUCTURE, AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME, filed Apr. 28, 2005 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,169,635, which is a divisional application of application Ser. No. 10/390,268, entitled PROGRAMMABLE STRUCTURE, AN ARRAY INCLUDING THE STRUCTURE, AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME, and filed Mar. 17, 2003 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,927,411 which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/268,107, filed Oct. 9, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,985,378 entitled PROGRAMMABLE MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE, STRUCTURE, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, filed Oct. 9, 2002, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 10/118,276 entitled MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE, STRUCTURE, AND SYSTEM, INCLUDING A MEMORY STRUCTURE HAVING A VARIABLE PROGRAMMABLE PROPERTY AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME, filed Apr. 8, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,825,489, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/502,915, entitled PROGRAMMABLE MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING AND PROGRAMMING SAME, filed Feb. 11, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,487,106, and which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/951,882, entitled MICROELECTRONIC PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMING AND PROGRAMMING THE SAME, filed Sep. 10, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,635,914 and claims priority to Application Ser. No. 60/798,096, entitled OPTIMIZED SOLID ELECTROLYTES FOR PROGRAMMABLE METALLIZATION CELL DEVICES, filed May 4, 2006.
A microelectronic programmable structure suitable for storing information and array including the structure and methods of forming and programming the structure are disclosed. The programmable structure generally includes an ion conductor and a plurality of electrodes. Electrical properties of the structure may be altered by applying energy to the structure, and thus information may be stored using the structure.
