Abstract
Highly uniform current distributions of high resistance state (HRS) and low resistance state (LRS), low 0.6 pJ switching energy, fast 30 ns switching speed, and good 10 6 cycling endurance are achieved in Ni/GeO x /Ta 2 O 5-y N y /TaN resistive random access memory (RRAM) devices. Such good performance is attributed to nitrogen-related acceptor level in Ta 2 O 5- y N y for better hopping conduction, which leads to forming-free resistive switching and low self-compliance switching currents. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.