Modeling of partial-RESET dynamics in Phase Change Memories

2010 Proceedings of the European Solid State Device Research Conference, ESSDERC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 456-459

  Braga, S ^a   Sanasi, A ^a   Cabrini, A ^a   Torelli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multilevel storage; Partial RESET programming; Phase Change Memories

Indexed keywords

AMORPHIZATION PROCESS; ANALYTICAL MODEL; CELL ARCHITECTURES; DYNAMICAL PHENOMENA; MEMORY CELL; MULTILEVEL STORAGE; PARTIAL-RESET PROGRAMMING; PHASE CHANGE; PHYSICS-BASED; SINGLE PULSE; THERMAL BEHAVIORS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

PHASE CHANGE MEMORY;

EID: 78649940302     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESSDERC.2010.5618176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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