On the stochastic nature of resistive switching in Cu doped Ge0.3Se0.7 based memory devices

R. Soni, P. Meuffels, G. Staikov, R. Weng, C. Kügeler, A. Petraru, M. Hambe, R. Waser, H. Kohlstedt

doi:10.1063/1.3631013

On the stochastic nature of resistive switching in Cu doped Ge0.3Se0.7 based memory devices

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R. Soni

Institut für Festkörperforschung 1 , Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, 52425, Germany
P. Meuffels

Institut für Festkörperforschung 1 , Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, 52425, Germany
G. Staikov

Institut für Festkörperforschung 1 , Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, 52425, Germany
R. Weng

Institut für Festkörperforschung 1 , Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, 52425, Germany
C. Kügeler

Fraunhofer-IFAM 2 , 26129, Oldenburg, Germany
A. Petraru

Nanoelektronik, Technische Fakultät Kiel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel 3 , Kiel, 24143, Germany
M. Hambe

Nanoelektronik, Technische Fakultät Kiel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel 3 , Kiel, 24143, Germany
R. Waser

Institut für Festkörperforschung 1 , Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, 52425, Germany
H. Kohlstedt

Nanoelektronik, Technische Fakultät Kiel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel 3 , Kiel, 24143, Germany

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公開日: 2011-09-01

DOI

10.1063/1.3631013

公開者: AIP Publishing

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<jats:p>Currently, there is great interest in using solid electrolytes to develop resistive switching based nonvolatile memories (RRAM) and logic devices. Despite recent progress, our understanding of the microscopic origin of the switching process and its stochastic behavior is still limited. In order to understand this behavior, we present a statistical “breakdown” analysis performed on Cu doped Ge0.3Se0.7 based memory devices under elevated temperature and constant voltage stress conditions. Following the approach of electrochemical phase formation, the precursor of the “ON resistance switching” is considered to be nucleation — the emergence of small clusters of atoms carrying the basic properties of the new phase which forms the conducting filament. Within the framework of nucleation theory, the observed fluctuations in the time required for “ON resistance switching” are found to be consistent with the stochastic nature of critical nucleus formation.</jats:p>