Towards Sustainable Crossbar Artificial Synapses with Zinc-Tin Oxide
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Year /Ref. | Switching Material | Structure | BE/TE Interface | Electrical Behavior | Switching Mechanism | Switching Behavior | RON/OFF | Retention (s) | Endurance (Cycles) | Synaptic Functions |
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2021 [current work] | ZTO | Crosspoint | Pt/Au | Bipolar | Area-dependent | Gradual and Abrupt SET/Gradual RESET | >102 | - | 100 | Yes |
2021 [21] | ZTO | Common BE | ITO/ITO | Unipolar/ Bipolar | Filamentary | Gradual and Abrupt SET and RESET | ≈103 | 103 | 150 | Yes |
2021 [22] | ZTO | Common BE | TiN/Ta | Bipolar | Filamentary | Gradual SET and RESET | >10 | >104 | 2000 | Yes |
2020 [18] | ZTO | Common BE | Pt/Au | Bipolar | Filamentary | Abrupt SET and RESET | ≈103 | 105 | 100 | - |
2020 [18] | ZTO | Common BE | Pt/Au | Bipolar | Area-dependent | Abrupt SET/ Gradual RESET | >10 | - | 100 | - |
2020 [18] | ZTO | Common BE | Pt/Au | Unipolar | Filamentary | Abrupt SET and RESET | >103 | 105 | 50 | - |
2020 [19] | ZrO2/ZTO | Common BE | TiN/Ta | Bipolar | Filamentary | Abrupt SET/Gradual RESET | ≈102 | - | 100 | Yes |
2020 [20] | SnO2/ZTO | Common BE | TiN/W | Bipolar | Filamentary | Gradual SET and RESET | >10 | - | 300 | Yes |
2020 [12] | IGZO | Crosspoint | Mo/Mo | Bipolar | Area-dependent | Gradual SET and RESET | ≈102 | - | - | Yes |
2017 [14] | IGZO | Common BE | Ti/Ag | Bipolar | Filamentary | Abrupt and Gradual SET and RESET | >10 | 104 | 100 | - |
2013 [23] | ZTO | Crosspoint | Pt/Al | Bipolar | Filamentary | Abrupt SET and RESET | >103 | > 103 | 50 | - |
2013 [27] | IGZO | Common BE | Pt/TiN | Bipolar | Filamentary | Abrupt SET and RESET | >102 | 103 | 150 | - |
2012 [28] | IGZO | Common BE | Pt/Pt | Bipolar | Area-dependent | Gradual SET/ Gradual RESET | ≈10 | - | - | Yes |
1.186 | 0.169 | 0.314 | 13.7 |
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Silva, C.; Martins, J.; Deuermeier, J.; Pereira, M.E.; Rovisco, A.; Barquinha, P.; Goes, J.; Martins, R.; Fortunato, E.; Kiazadeh, A. Towards Sustainable Crossbar Artificial Synapses with Zinc-Tin Oxide. Electron. Mater. 2021, 2, 105-115. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronicmat2020009
Silva C, Martins J, Deuermeier J, Pereira ME, Rovisco A, Barquinha P, Goes J, Martins R, Fortunato E, Kiazadeh A. Towards Sustainable Crossbar Artificial Synapses with Zinc-Tin Oxide. Electronic Materials. 2021; 2(2):105-115. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronicmat2020009
Chicago/Turabian StyleSilva, Carlos, Jorge Martins, Jonas Deuermeier, Maria Elias Pereira, Ana Rovisco, Pedro Barquinha, João Goes, Rodrigo Martins, Elvira Fortunato, and Asal Kiazadeh. 2021. "Towards Sustainable Crossbar Artificial Synapses with Zinc-Tin Oxide" Electronic Materials 2, no. 2: 105-115. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronicmat2020009