Bipolar to unipolar mode transition and imitation of metaplasticity in oxide based memristors with enhanced ionic conductivity

Neuromorphic engineering offers a promising route toward intelligent and low power computing systems that may find applications in artificial intelligence and the Internet. Construction of neuromorphic systems, however, requires scalable nanodevices that could implement the key functionalities of bi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of applied physics 2018-10, Vol.124 (15)
Hauptverfasser: Cheng, Caidie, Li, Yiqing, Zhang, Teng, Fang, Yichen, Zhu, Jiadi, Liu, Keqin, Xu, Liying, Cai, Yimao, Yan, Xiaoqin, Yang, Yuchao, Huang, Ru
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Zusammenfassung:Neuromorphic engineering offers a promising route toward intelligent and low power computing systems that may find applications in artificial intelligence and the Internet. Construction of neuromorphic systems, however, requires scalable nanodevices that could implement the key functionalities of biological synapses. Here, we demonstrate an artificial synaptic device consisting of a Ti/yttria-stabilized-zirconia (ZrO2:Y)/Pt memristive structure, where the loss microstructure, high oxygen vacancy concentration, and resultant high ionic conductivity in ZrO2:Y facilitate the oxygen vacancy migration and filament evolution in the devices, leading to a bipolar artificial synapse with low forming and operation voltages. As the thickness of ZrO2:Y film increases, a transition from bipolar to unipolar resistive switching was observed, which can be ascribed to the competing vertical and radial ion transport dynamics. The emergence of unipolar switching has in turn allowed the device to exhibit metaplasticity, a history dependent plasticity that is important for memory and learning functions. This work thus demonstrates on-demand manipulation of ionic transport properties for building synaptic elements with rich functionalities.
ISSN:0021-8979
1089-7550
DOI:10.1063/1.5037962