Memristor-based memory: The sneak paths problem and solutions

Microelectronics Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 176-183

  Zidan, Mohammed Affan ^a   Fahmy, Hossam Aly Hassan ^b   Hussain, Muhammad Mustafa ^a   Salama, Khaled Nabil ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Memory; Memory array; Memristor; Nanotechnology; Sneak paths

Indexed keywords

MEMORY ARRAY; MEMORY CELL; MEMRISTOR; NOISE MARGINS; READ OPERATION; SNEAK PATHS;

ASPECT RATIO; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; MEMRISTORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RESISTORS;

PASSIVE FILTERS;

EID: 84872918013     PISSN: 00262692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mejo.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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