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Al-doping engineered electroforming and switching dynamics of TiOx ReRAM devices

Al-doping engineered electroforming and switching dynamics of TiOx ReRAM devices
Al-doping engineered electroforming and switching dynamics of TiOx ReRAM devices
TiO2 thin films have drawn a lot of attention for their application in emerging memory devices, such as resistive random access memory (ReRAM). However, TiO2 ReRAM still faces reliability issues, including poor endurance, large device-to-device and cycle-to-cycle variability of switching parameters and low yields. Moreover, high electroforming voltages have been often associated with irreversible damage to devices. Doping of TiO2 has been employed as a strategy for overcoming these issues. Therefore in this work, we used Al as a dopant in TiO2 thin films to investigate its effect on electroforming and switching voltages of ReRAM devices. Conductive atomic force microscopy (C-AFM) measurements on these thin films, suggested that Al doping decreased the switching voltages compared to the undoped thin films. This result was confirmed by pulse voltage sweeping of ReRAM devices employing the same doped thin films. The Al-doped devices were on average electroforming at -5.7 V, compared to -6.4 V for the undoped ones, and they were switching with potentials as low as ±0.9 V. These findings suggest a potential pathway for implementing low-power ReRAM systems
Trapatseli, Maria
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Khiat, Ali
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Serb, Alexander
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Carta, Daniela
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Prodromakis, Themis
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Trapatseli, Maria
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Khiat, Ali
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Serb, Alexander
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Carta, Daniela
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Prodromakis, Themis
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Trapatseli, Maria, Khiat, Ali, Serb, Alexander, Carta, Daniela and Prodromakis, Themis (2016) Al-doping engineered electroforming and switching dynamics of TiOx ReRAM devices. E-MRS Spring Meeting, Lille, France. 02 - 06 May 2016.

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Abstract

TiO2 thin films have drawn a lot of attention for their application in emerging memory devices, such as resistive random access memory (ReRAM). However, TiO2 ReRAM still faces reliability issues, including poor endurance, large device-to-device and cycle-to-cycle variability of switching parameters and low yields. Moreover, high electroforming voltages have been often associated with irreversible damage to devices. Doping of TiO2 has been employed as a strategy for overcoming these issues. Therefore in this work, we used Al as a dopant in TiO2 thin films to investigate its effect on electroforming and switching voltages of ReRAM devices. Conductive atomic force microscopy (C-AFM) measurements on these thin films, suggested that Al doping decreased the switching voltages compared to the undoped thin films. This result was confirmed by pulse voltage sweeping of ReRAM devices employing the same doped thin films. The Al-doped devices were on average electroforming at -5.7 V, compared to -6.4 V for the undoped ones, and they were switching with potentials as low as ±0.9 V. These findings suggest a potential pathway for implementing low-power ReRAM systems

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 March 2016
Published date: May 2016
Venue - Dates: E-MRS Spring Meeting, Lille, France, 2016-05-02 - 2016-05-06
Organisations: Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology

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Local EPrints ID: 397800
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/397800
PURE UUID: 16cee0be-9351-4f53-a504-a0f1bd450fa8
ORCID for Themis Prodromakis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6267-6909

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Date deposited: 15 Jul 2016 07:33
Last modified: 05 Mar 2024 18:41

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Author: Maria Trapatseli
Author: Ali Khiat
Author: Alexander Serb
Author: Daniela Carta
Author: Themis Prodromakis ORCID iD

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