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Electrical characterization of solid state ionic memory elements

Symanczyk et al., 2003

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7189680070938696326
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Symanczyk R
Balakrishnan M
Gopalan C
Happ T
Kozicki M
Kund M
Mikolajick T
Mitkova M
Park M
Pinnow C
Robertson J
Ufert K
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Proceedings of the non-volatile memory technology symposium

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Solid state ionic devices composed of metal doped glasses are among the promising new non-volatile memory technologies. The memory effect is based on polarity-dependent switching at small bias and current due to the electrodeposition of metal in the glassy …
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