Advantages of SixSb2Te phase-change material and its applications in phase-change random access memory

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作者
Gu, Yifeng [1 ,2 ]
Cheng, Yan [1 ]
Song, Sannian [1 ]
Zhang, Ting [1 ]
Song, Zhitang [1 ]
Liu, Xuyan [1 ]
Du, Xiaofeng [1 ]
Liu, Bo [1 ]
Feng, Songlin [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Microsyst & Informat Technol, State Key Lab Funct Mat Informat, Shanghai 200050, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Phase-change material; Phase-change memory; SixSb2Te; Ge2Sb2Te5; CRYSTALLIZATION; SB;
D O I
10.1016/j.scriptamat.2011.06.045
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
Si-doped Sb2Te phase-change material was investigated for the application of phase-change memory. During the electrical test, Si0.53Sb2Te needs a lower phase-change operating voltage than Ge2Sb2Te5. For the storage of data for 10 years, Si0.53Sb2Te needs an annealing temperature that is about 24 degrees C higher than for Ge2Sb2Te5. Crystallization changes from being growth dominated to being nucleation dominated. X-ray diffraction patterns indicate that the polycrystalline SixSb2Te series has a delta-phase with a rhombohedral crystalline structure, similar to the pure Sb2Te. Crown Copyright (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:622 / 625
页数:4
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