International Business Machines Corporation
Device comprising tunable resistive elements

Abstract:

A device includes at least one tunable resistive element. Each tunable resistive element comprises a first terminal, a second terminal, and a dielectric layer arranged between the first and second terminals. The device is configured to apply at least one electrical set pulse to the resistive elements to form a conductive filament comprising a plurality of oxygen vacancies in the dielectric layer. The device is configured to apply at least one electrical reset pulse to displace a subset of the oxygen vacancies of the conductive filament. The at least one electrical reset pulse comprises a first part, which is adapted to increase the temperature of the conductive filament and increase the mobility of the oxygen vacancies of the conductive filament, and a second part, which is configured to displace the subset of the oxygen vacancies of the conductive filament.