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Title: Enhancing memristor fundamentals through instrumental characterization and understanding reliability issues
Memristors, a two-terminal device, have a resistance that can be changed and retained in two or more different states when subjected to electrical stresses. This unique function makes memristors now an attractive area of research for next-generation electronic devices such as memory and advanced computation. However, credible characterization methods for memristors are not fully established yet to understand fundamental working mechanisms and objectively evaluate figures of merit performance. This review encompasses various characterization methods from materials to electrical characteristics to identify the fundamentals of memristor operations. Meanwhile, large performance variation is the main bottleneck hindering the adoption of this class of devices in practical applications. Thus, the second part of this article focuses on the types of variation and other reliability issues of memristors. Possible strategies to enhance reliability are suggested as well. Topics covered in this review on memristors’ characterization techniques and reliability are of significant relevance to many studies that seek to advance the state of the art in electronic devices and systems towards neuromorphic computing.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2207302
PAR ID:
10451169
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Materials Advances
Volume:
4
Issue:
8
ISSN:
2633-5409
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1850 to 1875
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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