Integrating carbon-based nanoelectronics with chalcogenide phase change memory

2010 IEEE International Conference of Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, EDSSC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Xiong, Feng ^a   Liao, Albert ^a   Bae, Myung Ho ^a   Estrada, David ^a   Pop, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nano tube; Chalcogenide; Graphene; GST; Phase change memory

Indexed keywords

CARBON-BASED NANOELECTRONICS; DATA STORAGE; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; GST; LOW CURRENTS; MEMORY OPERATIONS; NON-VOLATILE DATA; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHASE CHANGE; POWER CONSUMPTION; PROGRAMMING CURRENTS; SWITCHING VOLTAGES; ULTRA-LOW POWER; ULTRA-SMALL;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHALCOGENIDES; GERMANIUM; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; NANOELECTRONICS; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

PHASE CHANGE MEMORY;

EID: 79952511852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EDSSC.2010.5713779     Document Type: Conference Paper

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