Invited paper: Thin-film Ovonic threshold switch: Its operation and application in modern integrated circuits

Electronic Materials Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-167

  Czubatyj, Wally ^a   Hudgens, Stephen J ^a  

^a Ovonyx Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

and thin film device; chalcogenide; OTS; threshold switch

Indexed keywords

DEVICE DATA; HIGH CURRENT SWITCHING; MODERN APPLICATIONS; OTS; SWITCHING PROCESS;

CHALCOGENIDES; LOGIC CIRCUITS; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; THIN FILM DEVICES;

PHASE CHANGE MEMORY;

EID: 84860533972     PISSN: 17388090     EISSN: 20936788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13391-012-2040-z     Document Type: Article

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