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Microscopic origin of read current noise in TaOx-based resistive switching memory by ultra-low temperature measurement

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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 108, Issue 15, Pages -

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AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.4945790

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [61421005, 61376087, 61574007]
  2. National High Technology Research and Development Program of China [2011AA010401, 2011AA010402]
  3. IPOC (BUPT)

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TaOx-based resistive random access memory (RRAM) attracts considerable attention for the development of next generation nonvolatile memories. However, read current noise in RRAM is one of the critical concerns for storage application, and its microscopic origin is still under debate. In this work, the read current noise in TaOx-based RRAM was studied thoroughly. Based on a noise power spectral density analysis at room temperature and at ultra-low temperature of 25 K, discrete random telegraph noise (RTN) and continuous average current fluctuation (ACF) are identified and decoupled from the total read current noise in TaOx RRAM devices. A statistical comparison of noise amplitude further reveals that ACF depends strongly on the temperature, whereas RTN is independent of the temperature. Measurement results combined with conduction mechanism analysis show that RTN in TaOx RRAM devices arises from electron trapping/detrapping process in the hopping conduction, and ACF is originated from the thermal activation of conduction centers that form the percolation network. At last, a unified model in the framework of hopping conduction is proposed to explain the underlying mechanism of both RTN and ACF noise, which can provide meaningful guidelines for designing noise-immune RRAM devices. (C) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC.

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