Modeling Electrical Resistance Drift with Ultrafast Saturation of OTS Selectors

Abstract

Crossbar array architecture is an essential design element for densely connected Non-Volatile Memory(NVM) applications. To overcome intrinsic sneak current problem of crossbar arrays, each memory unit is serially attached to a selector unit with highly nonlinear current-voltage (I-V) characteristics. Recently, Ovonic Threshold Switching (OTS) materials are preferred as selectors due to their fabrication compatibility with PRAM, MRAM or ReRAM technologies; however, OTS selectors suffer from the temporal drift of its threshold voltage. First, based on Poole-Frenkel conduction, we present time and temperature dependent model that predicts temporally evolving I-V characteristics,including threshold voltage of OTS selectors. Second, we report an ultrafast saturation (∼103 seconds) of the drift and extend the model to predict the time of drift saturation. Our model shows excellent agreement with OTS devices fabricated with 8 nm technology node at 25°C and 85°C ambient temperatures. The proposed model plays a significant role in understanding OTS device internals and the development of reliable threshold voltage jump table