Phase-change-driven programmable switch for nonvolatile logic applications

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-373

  Yoon, Sung Min ^a   Jung, Soon Won ^a   Lee, Seung Yun ^a   Park, Young Sam ^a   Yu, Byoung Gon ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Logic; Nonvolatile; Phase change memory (PCM); Programmable; Switch

Indexed keywords

LOGIC; LOGIC APPLICATIONS; NEW DEVICES; NONVOLATILE; OPERATING CHANNELS; OPERATIONAL BEHAVIORS; PHASE CHANGES; PHASE-CHANGE MEMORY (PCM); PROGRAMMABLE; PROGRAMMABLE SWITCHES;

PULSE CODE MODULATION;

PHASE CHANGE MEMORY;

EID: 67349182866     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2009.2013879     Document Type: Article

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