摘要 |
In non-volatile storage device using a variable resistance material, when a crystal state and a noncrystalline state co-exists in the variable resistance material, a crystallization time is shorted, resulting in decrease of the time to maintain information stored. Heat radiation is not rapidly performed during rewriting and thus it takes a long time to complete the rewriting due to a low thermal conductivity of a material contacting the variable resistance material. According to the present invention, a contact area between a variable resistance material and a lower electrode, and a contact area between the variable resistance material and an upper electrode are made equal to each other, thereby unifying a current path. The invention provides a structure in which a material having a high thermal conductivity is disposed so as to contact a sidewall of the variable resistance material, and its end portion is made to contact the lower electrode as well. |