Wei Wu, Huaqiang Wu, B. Gao, Peng Yao, Xiaodong Zhang, Xiaochen Peng, Shimeng Yu, H. Qian
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Abstract
The conductance tuning linearity is an important parameter of analog RRAM for neuromorphic computing. This work presents a novel methodology to improve the conductance tuning linearity of the filamentary RRAM. An electro-thermal modulation layer is designed and introduced to control the distribution of electric field and temperature in the filament region. For the first time, a HfOx based RRAM is demonstrated with linear analog SET, linear analog RESET, 50ns speed, 10× analog tuning window, 100kΩ on-state resistance, and high temperature retention for multilevel states. The excellent performances of the analog RRAM devices enable high accuracy online learning in a neural network.