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Contact resistance measurement of Ge2Sb2Te5 phase change material to TiN electrode by spacer etched nanowire

Contact resistance measurement of Ge2Sb2Te5 phase change material to TiN electrode by spacer etched nanowire
Contact resistance measurement of Ge2Sb2Te5 phase change material to TiN electrode by spacer etched nanowire
Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) phase change nanowires have been fabricated using a top-down spacer etch process. This approach enables controls over the dimension and location of the nanowires without affecting the electrical properties. Phase change devices based on these nanowires have been used to systematically investigate the contact resistance between GST phase change material and TiN metal electrodes. The specific contact resistance was found to be 7.96 × 10−5 Ω cm2 for crystalline GST and 6.39 × 10−2 Ω cm2 for amorphous GST. The results suggest that contact resistance plays a dominant role in the total resistance of GST memory device in both crystalline and amorphous states.
0268-1242
Huang, R.
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Sun, K.
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Kiang, K.S.
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Chen, R.
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Wang, Y.
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Gholipour, B.
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Hewak, D.W.
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de Groot, C.H.
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Huang, R.
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Sun, K.
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Kiang, K.S.
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Chen, R.
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Wang, Y.
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Gholipour, B.
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Hewak, D.W.
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Huang, R., Sun, K., Kiang, K.S., Chen, R., Wang, Y., Gholipour, B., Hewak, D.W. and de Groot, C.H. (2014) Contact resistance measurement of Ge2Sb2Te5 phase change material to TiN electrode by spacer etched nanowire. Semiconductor Science and Technology, 29 (9), [95003]. (doi:10.1088/0268-1242/29/9/095003).

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Abstract

Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) phase change nanowires have been fabricated using a top-down spacer etch process. This approach enables controls over the dimension and location of the nanowires without affecting the electrical properties. Phase change devices based on these nanowires have been used to systematically investigate the contact resistance between GST phase change material and TiN metal electrodes. The specific contact resistance was found to be 7.96 × 10−5 Ω cm2 for crystalline GST and 6.39 × 10−2 Ω cm2 for amorphous GST. The results suggest that contact resistance plays a dominant role in the total resistance of GST memory device in both crystalline and amorphous states.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 23 July 2014
Published date: 1 September 2014
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology

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Local EPrints ID: 367235
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/367235
ISSN: 0268-1242
PURE UUID: dded4112-f84a-44be-83e8-66c4666a20d0
ORCID for R. Huang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1185-635X
ORCID for K. Sun: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6807-6253
ORCID for K.S. Kiang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7326-909X
ORCID for D.W. Hewak: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2093-5773
ORCID for C.H. de Groot: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3850-7101

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Date deposited: 24 Jul 2014 14:59
Last modified: 15 Jun 2024 01:42

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Author: R. Huang ORCID iD
Author: K. Sun ORCID iD
Author: K.S. Kiang ORCID iD
Author: R. Chen
Author: Y. Wang
Author: B. Gholipour
Author: D.W. Hewak ORCID iD
Author: C.H. de Groot ORCID iD

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