Seunghyup Lee, W. Kim, S. Rhee
Feb 1, 2008
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Journal of The Electrochemical Society
Abstract
Resistive switching characteristics of hafnium oxide were studied for possible nonvolatile memory device applications. The HfO 2 films were grown by metallorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) at 400°C using tetrakis(diethylamido)hafnium [Hf(N(C 2 H 5 ) 2 ) 4 ] as a precursor and oxygen gas as an oxidizing agent. The film was polycrystalline and had gradational compositions of Hf and O atoms. Current-voltage characteristics of the films were investigated with 1 mA compliance. A reproducible resistance switching behavior was observed with high resistance ratio of about 10 4 -10 9 , which is higher than other comparable materials, such as TiO 2 and ZrO 2 . SET and RESET voltages were measured about 0.8 and 1.5 V, respectively, indicating that the device can be operated below 2 V. The devices were operated in ohmic conduction mechanism. During the forming process, characteristics of Schottky emission were observed, which indicates that conduction mechanisms between SET and forming processes are different. The bipolar resistance switching behavior was also observed as well as unipolar resistance switching behavior.