Hot-electron conduction in ovonic materials

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 84, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-95

  Jacoboni, Carlo ^a   Piccinini, Enrico ^b   Buscemi, Fabrizio ^b   Cappelli, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ovonic materials; Phase change memory; Trap limited conductivity

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTION; ELECTRON CONDUCTION; GENERAL THEORY; IN-PHASE; LOCALIZED LEVELS; SELF-CONSISTENCY;

PHASE CHANGE MEMORY;

EID: 84879499126     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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