Ti-Sb-Te Phase Change Materials: Component Optimisation, Mechanism and Applications

• Main Author: Zhu, Min (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Phase transitions (Statistical physics).; Semiconductors.; Electronic circuits.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electronic Circuits and Devices.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.
• Physical Description: XVI, 124 p. 83 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789811043826
• ISSN: 2190-5053

This book introduces a novel Ti-Sb-Te alloy for high-speed and low-power phase-change memory applications, which demonstrates a phase-change mechanism that differs significantly from that of conventional Ge2Sb2Te5 and yields favorable overall performance. Systematic methods, combined with better material characteristics, are used to optimize the material components and device performance. Subsequently, a phase-change memory chip based on the optimized component is successfully fabricated using 40-nm complementary metal-oxide semiconductor technology, which offers a number of advantages in many embedded applications.