Wong HSP, Lee HY, Yu S, Chen YS, Wu Y, Chen PS, et al. IEEE Electron Device Lett 32(6):794–796. In addition, renewed focus should be towards use of RRAM in embedded memory and non-volatile logic applications as breakthroughs in these fields are much more exciting and significant. \big(r^{2}_{\text{CFmax}}- r^{2}_{CF}\big) $$, $$ I_{\text{Pristine}} = S_{cell}.A.F^{2}. Multilevel cell (MLC) characteristics of RRAM along with various MLC operation schemes and their physical mechanisms are analyzed in the “Multilevel Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM)” section. T    a Endurance cycles of HfOx-based RRAM at different SET voltage and cell size b with different thickness (T5= 2 nm, T20= 10 nm) at 2.5 V set voltage. Software Version 6.6_1 Release 2005.3. IEEE Trans Electron Devices 62(6):1831–1838. (2013) Self-rectifying bipolar TaO x/TiO 2 RRAM with superior endurance over 1012 cycles for 3D high-density storage-class memory In: 2013 Symposium on VLSI Technology, T166–T167.. IEEE. This might be quite useful to understand the failure mechanisms of other reliability issues. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image of the TiN/Ti/ HfOx/TiN RRAM device with 30-nm cell size is shown in Fig. Park SG, Yang MK, Ju H, Seong DJ, Lee JM, Kim E, et al. Lee S, Chae S, Chang S, Lee J, Seo S, Kahng B, et al. Nanoscale Res Lett 7(1):1–9. a Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image of TiN/Ti/HfO x/TiN RRAM device. Therefore, energy and cost-efficiency of CPU or MCU can be enhanced without the need to develop new algorithms or software, although there is still a lack of technical solution on how to implement complex computing tasks in a crossbar array. P    where (σx) is the local electrical conductivity, F(x) is the local electric field, σCF is the electrical conductivity of the conductive filament, kth is the thermal conductivity and Tamb is the ambient temperature. Proc IEEE 105(9):1770–1789. The RRAM device also exhibits rich electrical, thermal, magnetic, and optical effects, in close correlation with the abundant resistive switching (RS) materials, metal-oxide interface, and multiple RS mechanisms including the A    (2012) Metal–oxide RRAM. Nanoscale resistive random access memory consisting of a NiO nanodot and Au nanowires formed by dip-pen nanolithography. IEEE Electron Device Lett 36(4):333–335. Next, the accumulation of the oxygen vacancies (V\(_{o}^{2+}\)) in the bulk oxide switches the RRAM cell to the low resistance state (LRS) as the conductive filament (CF) is formed and the appreciable current flows in the device. The local filament temperature is coupled using heat equation and is given in Eq. Wang JC, Jian DY, Ye YR, Chang LC (2013) Platinum–aluminum alloy electrode for retention improvement of gadolinium oxide resistive switching memory. One of the significant advantages of this model is that it utilizes the simple partial differential equations to account for the device current and temperature changes due to Joule heating as well as the dissolution velocity. Although the switching mechanism of both ‘OxRRAM’ and ‘CBRAM’ is discussed in detail, there is still some debate on the switching mechanisms of both the RRAM types [97]. J Semicond 38(7):071002. Bocquet bipolar model [148] describes the bipolar oxide-based resistive switching memories utilizing a physics-based modeling approach. Resistive random-access memory (RRAM or ReRAM) is a type of non-volatile (NV) random-access (RAM) computer memory that works by changing the resistance across a … Proc IEEE 100(6):1951–1970. 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Li Y, Long S, Zhang M, Liu Q, Shao L, Zhang S, et al. \exp {\frac{-B}{F}} $$, $$ A = {\frac{m_{e}.q^{3} }{8\pi.h.m^{ox}_{e}.\phi_{b} }} $$, $$ if \phi_{b}\geq qL_{x}F: B_{e} = {\frac{8 \pi \sqrt{2m^{ox}_{e} }}{3\times h\times q}} \Big[ \phi^{{\frac{3}{2}}}_{b}- (\phi_{b}-qL_{x}E)^{{\frac{3}{2}}} \Big] $$, $$ \text{otherwise}, B_{e} = {\frac{8 \pi \sqrt{2m^{ox}_{e} }}{3\times h\times q}} \times \phi^{{\frac{3}{2}}}_{b} $$, $$ r_{\text{CFmax}_{i+1}} = \big(r_{\text{CFmax}_{i}}- r_{\text{work}} \big) \times e^{ {\frac{-\Delta t}{{\tau}_{\text{form}}}} } + r_{\text{work}} $$, $$ r_{CF_{i+1}} = \bigg(r_{CF_{i}}- r_{\text{CFmax}_{i}} \times {\frac{\tau_{eq}}{\tau_{\text{Red}}}} \bigg) \times e^{ {\frac{-\Delta t}{{\tau}_{eq}}} } + r_{\text{CFmax}_{i}} \times {\frac{\tau_{eq}}{\tau_{\text{Red}}}} $$, $$ \text{where} { \tau_{eq}} = \frac{\tau_{\text{Red}}\times \tau_{\text{Ox}} }{\tau_{\text{Red}}+\tau_{\text{Ox}}} $$, Performance Metrics of Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM), Multilevel Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM), https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814287005_0015, https://doi.org/10.1080/02564602.2019.1629341, https://doi.org/10.1109/iedm.2011.6131652, https://doi.org/10.1109/iedm.2014.7046998, https://doi.org/10.1109/iedm.2008.4796677, https://doi.org/10.1109/vtsa.2011.5872251, https://doi.org/10.1109/vlsit.2012.6242465, https://doi.org/10.1109/iedm.2016.7838543, https://doi.org/10.1109/vlsit.2014.6894433, https://doi.org/10.1109/iedm.2009.5424411, https://doi.org/10.1109/vlsit.2015.7223684, https://doi.org/10.1109/iedm.2014.7047049, https://doi.org/10.1109/vlsit.2014.6894401, https://doi.org/10.1109/irps.2010.5488697, https://doi.org/10.1109/iedm.2009.5424226, https://doi.org/10.1109/iedm.2012.6479084, https://doi.org/10.1109/sispad.2014.6931558, https://doi.org/10.1109/iedm.2012.6479018, https://doi.org/10.1109/iedm.2012.6479110, https://doi.org/10.1109/iedm.2007.4419062, https://doi.org/10.1109/irps.2013.6532043, https://doi.org/10.1109/irps.2011.5784590, https://doi.org/10.1109/IEDM.2015.7409722, https://doi.org/10.1109/iedm.2012.6479016, https://doi.org/10.1109/iedm.2015.7409672, https://doi.org/10.1109/vlsic.2014.6858404, https://doi.org/10.1109/iedm.2016.7838430, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-020-03299-9. How Can Containerization Help with Project Speed and Efficiency? In a neural network, a synapse is used to transfer spikes between different neurons in addition to storing information about the transferring weights. The improvement in the SET voltage and the resistance distribution of the RRAM device after inserting a thin Al buffer layer between TiN electrode and HfO x bulk oxide and the same is depicted in Fig. Functionally Complete Boolean Logic in 1T1R Resistive Random Access Memory Abstract: Nonvolatile stateful logic through RRAM is a promising route to build in-memory computing architecture. Nat Commun 4(1):1–8. The MLC behavior in RRAM makes it very useful for high-density applications. Reinforcement Learning Vs. A resistive random access memory (RRAM) includes a switch region formed of a material having bi-polar properties; and a memory resistor formed of a material having uni-polar properties. In this study, a photo-tunable organic memory device based on poly(4-vinylphenol) (PVP) and N-doped carbon quantum … Sci Rep 5:12785. https://doi.org/10.1109/vlsit.2014.6894401. The decrease in IHRS with the increase in reset voltage is primarily due to the increase in the gap between the metal electrode and tip of the CF as depicted in Fig. Wang SY, Lee DY, Tseng TY, Lin CY (2009) Effects of Ti top electrode thickness on the resistive switching behaviors of rfsputtered ZrO 2 memory films. All the authors contributed to the revision of the manuscript, and they approved it for publication. Han Y, Cho K, Kim S (2011) Characteristics of multilevel bipolar resistive switching in Au/ZnO/ITO devices on glass. By adding an extra layer of AlOx above the bottom electrode (BE), array stability can be improved further as read disturb immunity for HRS is increased. For MTJ, to be in the HRS, the direction of the magnetization of two ferromagnetic layers is anti-parallel. Zahoor, F., Azni Zulkifli, T.Z. release of O2−, is by the electrode is expressed as [142]: For O2− hopping within the oxide layer, the CF reduction rate with ‘a’ being the distance between two V0 is given as [142]: For the case of RESET process when dominated by recombination between O2− and V0 is expressed as [142]: In the initial step of the SET process dominated by recombination of oxygen vacancies with thin CF initially grown is given by [142]: Here, Z and αg are the fitting parameters. 9b. It is also observed that I reset increases with increasing Icc as higher power is required to rupture the CF having larger diameter. Zheng K, Sun X, Zhao J, Wang Y, Yu H, Demir HV, et al. The oxygen ions (O 2−) react with anode materials or get discharged as neutral non-lattice oxygen, if the noble metals are used as materials for anode to form an interfacial oxide layer. Thus, to attain fast parallel memory operations, reduced area and low-energy consumption, RRAM-based non-volatile SRAM (nvSRAM) was proposed [174] in which two RRAM cells are stacked on eight transistors, forming an 8T2R structure. (2014) Enabling an integrated rate-temporal learning scheme on memristor. The endurance characteristics of RRAM are obtained by performing a sequence of I-V sweeps in a resistive switching cell and the subsequent extraction of RHRS and RLRS on the application of a read voltage (typically 0.1 V) [41]. Big Data and 5G: Where Does This Intersection Lead? In conventional electronic devices, the choice of electrode material is important as they act as transport paths for the carriers. We also include in this report patent related to memristor. Wiley, New York. IEEE Electron Device Lett 37(7):874–877. (2013) Resistive switching behaviour of a tantalum oxide nanolayer fabricated by plasma oxidation. Depending upon how memory cells are organized, Flash memory is classified as NOR Flash and NAND Flash [1]. Q    SRAM, on the other hand, is fast but it is also volatile just like the DRAM; in addition, SRAM cells are of larger size which hinders its implementation on a large scale. Fang Z, Yu H, Liu W, Pey K, Li X, Wu L, et al. Also designing circuits, e.g. In spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory, the storage capability is due to the magnetic tunneling junction (MJT) [8–10], which consists of two ferromagnetic layers and a tunneling dielectric sandwiched between them. The bottom electrode material in RRAM usually is platinum, which is a bit hard to etch. Goux L, Valov I (2016) Electrochemical processes and device improvement in conductive bridge RAM cells. J Appl Phys 113(24):244502. Activation energy is extracted by plotting the Arrhenius plot and extrapolate down to the operating temperature. In this research paper, the revolution of ReRAM will be analyzed. In HfO x-based RRAM [128], three HRS levels were demonstrated by varying the width of the reset pulse from 50 ns to 5 μs. This lecture is a comprehensive tutorial of metal oxide-based RRAM technology from device fabrication to array architecture design. However, to achieve reliable MLC operation, the precise control over the resistance of the different resistance levels of RRAM should be ensured; otherwise, the device will suffer from resistance variability and reliability issues mainly due to the random nature of the conductive filament formation during the switching process [126]. (2013) Investigation on the RESET switching mechanism of bipolar Cu/HfO 2/Pt RRAM devices with a statistical methodology. Mater Today 19(5):254–264. https://doi.org/10.1109/vlsit.2012.6242465. M    Due to the high-efficiency, high-speed and energy-saving features, resistive random-access memory is very likely to be the most promising memory in the future. The search for decent material systems is the most desirable to obtain superior performances in resistive random access memory (RRAM) devices. Resistive random-access memory (ReRAM or RRAM) is a type of non-volatile (NV) random-access (RAM) computer memory that works by changing the resistance across a dielectric solid-state material, often referred to as a memristor. IEEE Electron Device Lett 31(2):117–119. As a matter of fact, currently the Flash memory technology is facing difficulties to reduce to lower dimensions and as such RRAM is emerging as a potential replacement especially for fast operation and medium size storage density memory applications. First of all, the authors would like to thank and gratefully acknowledge all corresponding publishers for the kind permission to reproduce their figures and related description used in this review article. He W, Huang K, Ning N, Ramanathan K, Li G, Jiang Y, et al. 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