Superlatticelike dielectric as a thermal insulator for phase-change random access memory

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Loke, Desmond ^a   Shi, Luping ^b   Wang, Weijie ^b   Zhao, Rong ^b   Ng, Lung Tat ^b   Lim, Kian Guan ^b   Yang, Hongxin ^b   Chong, Tow Chong ^c   Yeo, Yee Chia ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; MEMORY APPLICATIONS; PCRAM CELLS; PHASE CHANGES; PHASE-CHANGE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY; THERMAL CONFINEMENT;

GERMANIUM; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

PHASE CHANGE MEMORY;

EID: 78650321707     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3527919     Document Type: Article

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