We have fabricated nanofuses from thin-film, arc-evaporation carbon for use in permanent data storage. Thin film carbon fuses have fewer fabrication barriers and retain the required resistivity and structural stability to work as a data storage medium. Carbon thin films were characterized for their electrical, microstructural, and chemical bonding properties. Annealing the thin-film carbon in an argon environment at 400°C reduced the resistivity from about 4*10-2 Ω cm as deposited down to about 5*10-4 Ω cm, allowing a lower blowing voltage. Nanofuses with widths ranging from 200 nm down to 60 nm were fabricated and tested. They blow with voltages between 2 V and 5.5 V, and the nanofuses remain stable in both a "1" and a "0" state under a constantly applied read voltage of 1 volt for over 90 hours, corresponding to a cumulative time of >1012 reads.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BGMYU2/oai:scholarsarchive.byu.edu:etd-7793 |
Date | 01 April 2018 |
Creators | Laughlin, Kevin Robert |
Publisher | BYU ScholarsArchive |
Source Sets | Brigham Young University |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | All Theses and Dissertations |
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