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Crystalline Path Formation in Nanoglasses of PCM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Marco Nardone ,
Mark Alexander Simon ,
Ilya V. Karpov  and
Victor G. Karpov
Marco Nardone
Affiliation:
[email protected], The University of Toledo, Physics and Astronomy, Toledo, Ohio, United States
Mark Alexander Simon
Affiliation:
[email protected], The University of Toledo, Physics and Astronomy, Toledo, Ohio, United States
Ilya V. Karpov
Affiliation:
[email protected], Intel, Santa Clara, California, United States
Victor G. Karpov
Affiliation:
[email protected], University of Toledo, Physics & Astronomy, Toledo, Ohio, United States
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Abstract

This work presents an analytical model of crystalline phase formation in nanoglasses of phase change memory. We describe a data loss mechanism when the cell resistance changes significantly at elevated temperatures over long periods of time with no electrical bias applied. Unlike the standard approach, which relates crystalline shunt formation to aggregates of crystalline particles forming the percolation cluster, we look at the rare events of almost rectilinear path formation in very thin structures. They can occur at crystalline volume fractions considerably lower than the critical volume fraction required for percolation. We find the characteristic parameters which can describe statistics of these rare events.

Keywords

memorythin filmphase transformation
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1251: Symposium H – Phase-Change Materials for Memory and Reconfigurable Electronics Applications , 2010 , 1251-H03-06
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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