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A Compact Model of Threshold Switching Devices for Efficient Circuit Simulations

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2023-08-07 v1 Signal Processing Applied Physics

Abstract

In this paper, we present a new compact model of threshold switching devices which is suitable for efficient circuit-level simulations. First, a macro model, based on a compact transistor based circuit, was implemented in LTSPICE. Then, a descriptive model was extracted and implemented in MATLAB, which is based on the macro model. This macro model was extended to develop a physical model that describes the processes that occur during the threshold switching. The physical model derived comprises a delay structure with few electrical components adjacent to the second junction. The delay model incorporates an internal state variable, which is crucial to transform the descriptive model into a compact model and to parameterize it in terms of electrical parameters that represent the component's behavior. Finally, we applied our model by fitting measured i-v data of an OTS device manufactured by Western Digital Research.

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@article{arxiv.2308.02017,
  title  = {A Compact Model of Threshold Switching Devices for Efficient Circuit Simulations},
  author = {Mohamad Moner Al Chawa and Daniel Bedau and Ahmet S. Demirkol and James W. Reiner and Derek A. Stewart and Michael K. Grobis and Ronald Tetzlaff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.02017},
  year   = {2023}
}

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IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I

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