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Analytical model for subthreshold conduction and threshold switching in chalcogenide-based memory devices

Ielmini, Daniele, Zhang, Yuegang·2007·Journal of Applied Physics
DOI 10.1063/1.2773688
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Chalcogenide materials are receiving increasing interest for their many applications as active materials in emerging memories, such as phase-change memories, programmable metallization cells, and cross-point devices. The great advantage of these materials is the capability to appear in two different phases, the amorphous and the crystalline phases, with rather different electrical properties. The aim of this work is to provide a physically based model for conduction in the amorphous chalcogenide material, able to predict the current-voltage (I−V) characteristics as a function of phase state, temperature, and cell geometry. First, the trap-limited transport at relatively low currents (subthreshold regime) is studied, leading to a comprehensive model for subthreshold conduction accounting for (a) the shape of the I−V characteristics, (b) the measured temperature dependence, (c) the dependence of subthreshold slope on the thickness of the amorphous phase, and (d) the voltage dependence of the activation energy. The threshold switching mechanism is then explained by the nonequilibrium population in high-mobility shallow traps at high electric field and by the nonuniform field distribution along the amorphous layer thickness. A single analytical model is then shown which is able to account for subthreshold conduction, threshold switching, negative differential resistance region, and ON regime. The model can be applied for fast yet physically based computation of the current in chalcogenide-based devices (e.g., phase change memory cells and arrays) as a function of applied voltage, temperature, and programmed state.

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Authors
Ielmini, D., & Zhang, Y.
Venue
Journal of Applied Physics
Publisher
AIP Publishing
Published
2007-09-01
Volume
102
Issue
5
ISSN
  • 0021-8979 (ISSN-L)
  • 1089-7550
DOI
10.1063/1.2773688
OpenAlex
W2070339839
Cited by
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References
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FWCI
13.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
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