Trilayer Tunnel Selectors for Memristor Memory Cells

Adv Mater. 2016 Jan 13;28(2):356-62. doi: 10.1002/adma.201503604. Epub 2015 Nov 19.

Abstract

An integrated memory cell with a mem-ristor and a trilayer crested barrier selector, showing repeatable nonlinear current-voltage switching loops is presented. The fully atomic-layer-deposited TaN1+x /Ta2 O5 /TaN1+x crested barrier selector yields a large nonlinearity (>10(4) ), high endurance (>10(8) ), low variability, and low temperature dependence.

Keywords: RRAM; crested barriers; memory cells; memristor; tunneling.