Application of ion-implantation for improved non-volatile resistive random access memory (ReRAM)

R. G. Elliman*, M. S. Saleh, T. H. Kim, D. K. Venkatachalam, K. Belay, S. Ruffell, P. Kurunczi, J. England

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    Abstract

    Resistive switching in transition metal oxides is believed to be controlled by the migration of oxygen vacancies and many interesting device structures employ substoichiometric oxide layers as a source of these active defects. However, the growth of thin (~10 nm) oxide/suboxide heterostructures (e.g. HfO2/HfOx or Ta2O5/TaOx) is difficult using conventional film deposition techniques. In this study, ionimplantation is shown to provide an alternative means of synthesizing such structures, with results reported for Ta2O5/TaO x heterostructures fabricated by oxygen-implantation of Ta. The electrical properties of the fabricated heterostructures are discussed with reference to the physical structure of the samples determined from transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)98-101
    Number of pages4
    JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
    Volume307
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

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