Charge-injection phase change memory with high-quality GeTe/Sb<inf>2</inf>Te<inf>3</inf> superlattice featuring 70-μA RESET, 10-ns SET and 100M endurance cycles operations

Abstract

We developed a high quality charge-injection GeTe/Sb <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub> Te <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub> superlattice phase change memory. A RESET-current of 70 μA and a SET-speed of 10 ns, the fastest ever reported, were obtained. Transmission electron microscopy analysis showed that the superlattice structure was maintained after 1 million (M) endurance. Even 100 M cycle endurance was possible, and these results conclusively proved non-melting resistive switching.