• DocumentCode
    719543
  • Title

    Modeling of Atomic Migration Phenomena in Phase Change Memory Devices

  • Author

    Crespi, Luca ; Lacaita, Andrea ; Boniardi, Mattia ; Varesi, Enrico ; Ghetti, Andrea ; Redaelli, Andrea ; D´Arrigo, Giuseppe

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Elettron., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    17-20 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Atomic migration on Phase Change Memory devices with wall architecture has been experimentally investigated and a quantitative model including electrical, thermal, and mechanical driving forces has been developed. The experimental results collected by driving the device with programming pulses with direct and reverse polarity have been accounted for. Comparison with data of atomic migration on heavily cycled cells is also provided.
  • Keywords
    integrated circuit modelling; phase change memories; atomic migration phenomena modeling; direct polarity; electrical driving forces; heavily cycled cells; mechanical driving forces; phase change memory devices; programming pulses; quantitative model; reverse polarity; thermal driving forces; wall architecture; Heating; Mathematical model; Phase change materials; Phase change memory; Programming; Solids; Stress;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Memory Workshop (IMW), 2015 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-6931-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IMW.2015.7150296
  • Filename
    7150296