Impact of material crystallization characteristics on the switching behavior of the phase change memory cell

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 918, Issue , 2006, Pages 53-58

  Gille, Thomas ^a,b   Goux, Ludovic ^a   Lisoni, Judit ^a   De Meyer, Kristin ^a,b   Wouters, Dirk J ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUCLEATION; PHASE CHANGING CIRCUITS;

MATERIAL CRYSTALLIZATION; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY CELLS; SWITCHING BEHAVIOR; SWITCHING TIMES;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33751023108     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/proc-0918-h06-02-g07-02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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