Title :
Resistance switching in polycrystalline NiOx thin film
Author :
Kim, Tae-Hyun ; Saleh, Muhammad N. ; Kim, Sung ; Venkatachalam, Dinesh K. ; Belay, Kidane ; Burgess, Andrew ; Strumpp, Stephan ; Elliman, Robert G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Mater. Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
Resistive switching properties of polycrystalline NiOx dielectric films are investigated utilizing thermo-chemical model in which a field-induced conductive filament is formed and broken by joule heating.
Keywords :
dielectric thin films; electrical resistivity; ion beam effects; nickel compounds; switching; thermochemistry; NiOx; dielectric films; field-induced conductive filament; joule heating; polycrystalline thin film; resistance switching; thermochemical model; Dielectrics; Films; Nonvolatile memory; Resistance; Semiconductor device measurement; Silicon; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Canberra, ACT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7334-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1097-2137
DOI :
10.1109/COMMAD.2010.5699751