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Bipolar Resistive-Switching Phenomena and Resistive-Switching Mechanisms Observed in Zirconium Nitride-Based Resistive-Switching Memory Cells
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability IEEE Trans. Device Mater. Relib. Device and Materials Reliability, IEEE Transactions on. 13(1):252-257 Mar, 2013
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Films
Switches
Resistance
Conductivity
Annealing
Current measurement
Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
resistive switching (RS)
SCLC
ZrN
Language
ISSN
1530-4388
1558-2574
Abstract
This paper reports bipolar resistive-switching (RS) characteristics and its mechanism observed from Pt/ZrN/Ti capacitors. This ZrN-based RS memory (RSM) shows excellent program/erase behavior under $+$3 V/10 ns and $-$ 3 V/10 ns with a high-to-low resistance ratio of $ > \hbox{10}^{4}$ . The device also showed an endurance of $ > \hbox{10}^{9}$ cycles and a retention time of $ > \hbox{10}^{4}\ \hbox{s}$ at 85 $^{\circ}\hbox{C}$. The temperature-dependent studies of on/off states show that metallic conduction is responsible for on state, whereas semiconducting or insulating behaviors are clearly observed from off -state devices. These results show that ZrN-based RSM can be used as a promising RSM device.