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Improved Resistive Switching Characteristics and Synaptic Functions of InZnO/SiO 2 Bilayer Device.

Dongyeol JuMinsuk KooSungjun Kim
Published in: Materials (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
This paper investigates the bipolar resistive switching and synaptic characteristics of IZO single-layer and IZO/SiO 2 bilayer two-terminal memory devices. The chemical properties and structure of the device with a SiO 2 layer are confirmed by x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) imaging. The device with the SiO 2 layer showed better memory characteristics with a low current level, as well as better cell-to-cell and cycle-to-cycle uniformity. Moreover, the neuromorphic applications of the IZO/SiO 2 bilayer device are demonstrated by pulse response. Paired pulse facilitation, excitatory postsynaptic current, and pulse-width-dependent conductance changes are conducted by the coexistence of short- and long-term memory characteristics. Moreover, Hebbian rules are emulated to mimic biological synapse function. The result of potentiation, depression, spike-rate-dependent plasticity, and spike-time-dependent plasticity prove their favorable abilities for future applications in neuromorphic computing architecture.
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