DocumentCode
1905587
Title
Phase Change Memory
Author
Breitwisch, Matthew J.
Author_Institution
IBM/Macronix PCRAM Joint Project, IBM T J Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA, phone: 1-914-945-2348; email: breitm@us.ibm.com
fYear
2008
fDate
1-4 June 2008
Firstpage
219
Lastpage
221
Abstract
This paper will give an introduction to the emerging technology of Phase Change Memory (PCM) and review the state of the art, focusing on basic phase change material properties, critical PCM device characteristics, PCM device scaling, reliability issues, and processing challenges.
Keywords
Amorphous materials; Amorphous semiconductors; Crystallization; Electrodes; Nonvolatile memory; Phase change materials; Phase change memory; Phase change random access memory; Resistors; Temperature dependence;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Interconnect Technology Conference, 2008. IITC 2008. International
Conference_Location
Burlingame, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1911-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1912-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IITC.2008.4546972
Filename
4546972
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