Chin. Phys. Lett.  2007, Vol. 24 Issue (3): 781-783    DOI:
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Nitrogen and Silicon Co-Doping of Ge2Sb2Te5 Thin Films for Improving Phase Change Memory Performance
CAI Yan-Fei 1;ZHOU Peng 1;LIN Yin-Yin 1;TANG Ting-Ao 1; CHEN Liang-Yao 2;LI Jing 2;QIAO Bao-Wei 3;LAI Yun-Feng 3;FENG Jie 3;CAI Bing-Chu 3;CHEN Bomy4
1Department of Microelectronics, ASIC & System State Key Lab, Fudan University, Shanghai 2004332Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 2004333Research Institute of Micro/Nanometer Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 2000304Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., 1171 Sonora Court, Sunnyvale, CA94086, U.S.A
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CAI Yan-Fei, ZHOU Peng, LIN Yin-Yin et al  2007 Chin. Phys. Lett. 24 781-783
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Abstract Electrical properties and phase structures of (Si+N)-codoped Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) for phase change memory are investigated to improve the memory erformance. Compared to the films with N or Si dopants only in previous reports, the (Si+N)-doped GST has a remarkable improvement of crystalline resistivity of about 104m Ωcm. The Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
spectrum reveals the Si--N bonds formation in the film. X-ray diffraction patterns show that the grain size is reduced due to the crystallization inhibition of the amorphous GST by SiNx, which results in higher crystalline resistivity. This is very useful to reduce writing current for phase change memory applications.
Keywords: 61.43.Dq      61.72.Ww      81.30.Hd      84.37.+q     
Received: 10 October 2006      Published: 08 February 2007
PACS:  61.43.Dq (Amorphous semiconductors, metals, and alloys)  
  61.72.Ww  
  81.30.Hd (Constant-composition solid-solid phase transformations: polymorphic, massive, and order-disorder)  
  84.37.+q (Measurements in electric variables (including voltage, current, resistance, capacitance, inductance, impedance, and admittance, etc.))  
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