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OUM Nonvolatile Semiconductor Memory Technology Overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Stephen J. Hudgens
Stephen J. Hudgens*
Affiliation:
shudgens@ovonyx.com, Ovonyx Technologies, Inc., Research and Development, 1030 East El Camino Real, #276, Sunnyvale, CA, 94807, United States
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Abstract

OUMTM (Ovonic Unified Memory), also called PCRAM (phase-change RAM) or CRAM (chalcogenide RAM) is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory technology being developed by Ovonyx, Inc. in a number of industrial joint development programs. OUM technology is based on an electrically initiated reversible amorphous to crystalline phase change process in multi-component chalcogenide alloy materials similar to those used in rewriteable optical disks. Fundamental processes in OUM devices, manufacturing technology, and progress towards commercialization of the technology will be reviewed.

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memoryamorphoussemiconducting

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 918: Symposium H – Chalcogenide Alloys for Reconfigurable Electronics , 2006, 0918-H05-01-G06-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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