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Engineering the switching dynamics of TiOx-based RRAM with Al doping

Engineering the switching dynamics of TiOx-based RRAM with Al doping
Engineering the switching dynamics of TiOx-based RRAM with Al doping
Titanium oxide (TiOx) has attracted a lot of attention as an active material for Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM), due to its versatility and variety of possible crystal phases. Although existing RRAM materials have demonstrated impressive characteristics, like ultra-fast switching and high cycling endurance, this technology still encounters challenges like low yields, large variability of switching characteristics and ultimately device failure. Electroforming (EF) has been often considered responsible for introducing irreversible damage to devices, with high switching voltages contributing to device degradation. In this paper, we have employed Al doping for tuning the resistive switching characteristics of titanium oxide RRAM. The resistive switching (RS) threshold voltages of undoped and Al-doped TiOx thin films were first assessed by Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy (C-AFM). The thin films were then transferred in RRAM devices and tested with voltage pulse sweeping, demonstrating that the Al-doped devices could on average form at lower potentials compared to the undoped ones and could support both analog and binary switching at potentials as low as 0.9 V. This work demonstrates a potential pathway for implementing low-power RRAM systems. Dataset for: Trapatseli, Maria, Khiat, Ali and Cortese, Simone et al. (2016) Engineering the switching dynamics of TiOx-based RRAM with Al doping. Journal of Applied Physics, 120, 025108.
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Prodromakis, Themistoklis
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Cortese, Simone
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Trapatseli, Maria, Khiat, Ali, Cortese, Simone, Serb, Alexantrou, CARTA, DANIELA and Prodromakis, Themistoklis (2016) Engineering the switching dynamics of TiOx-based RRAM with Al doping. University of Southampton doi:10.5258/SOTON/398045 [Dataset]

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Abstract

Titanium oxide (TiOx) has attracted a lot of attention as an active material for Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM), due to its versatility and variety of possible crystal phases. Although existing RRAM materials have demonstrated impressive characteristics, like ultra-fast switching and high cycling endurance, this technology still encounters challenges like low yields, large variability of switching characteristics and ultimately device failure. Electroforming (EF) has been often considered responsible for introducing irreversible damage to devices, with high switching voltages contributing to device degradation. In this paper, we have employed Al doping for tuning the resistive switching characteristics of titanium oxide RRAM. The resistive switching (RS) threshold voltages of undoped and Al-doped TiOx thin films were first assessed by Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy (C-AFM). The thin films were then transferred in RRAM devices and tested with voltage pulse sweeping, demonstrating that the Al-doped devices could on average form at lower potentials compared to the undoped ones and could support both analog and binary switching at potentials as low as 0.9 V. This work demonstrates a potential pathway for implementing low-power RRAM systems. Dataset for: Trapatseli, Maria, Khiat, Ali and Cortese, Simone et al. (2016) Engineering the switching dynamics of TiOx-based RRAM with Al doping. Journal of Applied Physics, 120, 025108.

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Published date: 2016
Organisations: Electronics & Computer Science, Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology
Projects:
Reliably unreliable nanotechnologies
Funded by: UNSPECIFIED (EP/K017829/1)
2 September 2013 to 1 September 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 398045
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/398045
PURE UUID: b2125eb2-c19f-4e2c-8781-e9392b8e42dd
ORCID for Themistoklis Prodromakis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6267-6909

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Date deposited: 08 Feb 2017 16:58
Last modified: 04 Nov 2023 14:43

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Creator: Maria Trapatseli
Creator: Ali Khiat
Creator: Simone Cortese
Creator: Alexantrou Serb
Creator: DANIELA CARTA
Creator: Themistoklis Prodromakis ORCID iD

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