• DocumentCode
    2829303
  • Title

    Nanowire phase change memory with carbon nanotube electrodes

  • Author

    Feng Xiong ; Myung-Ho Bae ; Yuan Dai ; Liao, Albert D. ; Behnam, Ashkan ; Carrion, E. ; Sungduk Hong ; Ielmini, Daniele ; Pop, Eric

  • Author_Institution
    Micro & Nanotechnol. Lab., Univ. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    18-20 June 2012
  • Firstpage
    215
  • Lastpage
    216
  • Abstract
    Phase change material (PCM) nanowires (NWs) that are self-aligned with carbon nanotube (CNT) electrodes that achieves a switching currents of the order ~1 μA, over two orders of magnitude below industrial state of the art, is described. The programming currents, ~0.1 μA SET, ~1.6 μA RESET, and power dissipation of the fabricated self-aligned PCM NW devices are among the lowest reported to date. The nanopatterning method used can be applied to probe other nanomaterials by automatically aligning them with CNT electrodes.
  • Keywords
    electrodes; nanopatterning; nanotechnology; nanowires; phase change materials; phase change memories; C; PCM nanowire; carbon nanotube electrode; nanomaterials; nanopatterning method; nanowire phase change memory; phase change material; power dissipation; self-aligned PCM NW device; Electrodes; Heating; Nanoscale devices; Phase change materials; Resistance; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Device Research Conference (DRC), 2012 70th Annual
  • Conference_Location
    University Park, TX
  • ISSN
    1548-3770
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1163-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DRC.2012.6257011
  • Filename
    6257011