Electrode-engineering on HfO2-based RRAM for variability control and hardware security
摘要
The intrinsic cycle-to-cycle variability in resistive random access memory (RRAM) devices supports their suitability as seed sources in circuits requiring stochastic input. This article presents the fabrication, characterization, and analysis of FTO/HfO2/Ag, FTO/HfO2/Cu, and co-sputtering (CS) FTO/HfO2-SiO2/Ag RRAMs for hardware security and stochastic applications. The RRAM switching-layer thin film has been deposited by radio frequency (RF) sputtering, and silver (Ag) and copper (Cu) electrodes were used to tune the switching behavior. Statistical analysis of cycle-to-cycle variability shows a coefficient of variation (CV) of