Thermoelectric heating of Ge2Sb2Te5 in phase change memory devices

  • Suh, Dong-Seok; 
  • Kim, Cheolkyu; 
  • Kim, Kijoon H. P.; 
  • Kang, Youn-Seon; 
  • Lee, Tae-Yon; 
  • ... Yoon, Young-Gui; 
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초록

We report on the demonstration of the active thermoelectric application to nanometer-scaled semiconductor devices. The thermoelectric heating already exists during programming in conventional phase change memory (PRAM) cells, which is only a minor supplement to Joule heating. Here, by rigorously designing devices, we have demonstrated an unprecedentedly high efficiency of PRAM, where the majority of the heat is supplied by the thermoelectric effect.

키워드

antimony compounds; germanium compounds; nanostructured materials; phase change memories; ternary semiconductors; thermoelectric devices; thermoelectricity; MERIT
제목
Thermoelectric heating of Ge2Sb2Te5 in phase change memory devices
저자
Suh, Dong-Seok; Kim, Cheolkyu; Kim, Kijoon H. P.; Kang, Youn-Seon; Lee, Tae-Yon; Khang, Yoonho; Park, Tae Sang; Yoon, Young-Gui; Im, Jino; Ihm, Jisoon
DOI
10.1063/1.3259649
발행일
2010-03
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Article
저널명
Applied Physics Letters
권
96
호
12