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Analogue Memory Effects in Metal/ a-Si:H /Metal Thin Film Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1993

A.J. Snell
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JL, U.K.
J. Hajto
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JL, U.K.
M.J. Rose
Affiliation:
Department of A.P.E.M.E., University of Dundee, Dundee DDI 4HN, U.K.
I.S. Osborne
Affiliation:
Department of A.P.E.M.E., University of Dundee, Dundee DDI 4HN, U.K.
A. Holmes
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JL, U.K.
A.E. Owen
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JL, U.K.
R.A.G. Gibson
Affiliation:
Department of A.P.E.M.E., University of Dundee, Dundee DDI 4HN, U.K.
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Abstract

The ac conductivities of non-volatile analogue memory states are measured in electro-formed Cr/p+/V amorphous silicon structures for a broad frequency range (from 0.1 Hz to 32 MHz). The results suggest that the memory action is associated with electronic processes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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