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April 16, 2026Advanced Electronic Materials0 citationsOpen Access

Array‐Level Characterization of Cryogenic RRAM

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YLYuyao LuRHRuofei HuZJZhixing Jiang

Key Points

  • This research aims to evaluate the electrical performance of HfO2-based RRAM arrays at cryogenic temperatures.
  • Conducted electrical characterization of a 1024-device HfO2-based RRAM array.
  • Measured performance from room temperature (300 K) to cryogenic temperatures (4 K).
  • Performed endurance tests over 1 million cycles and analyzed retention and relaxation characteristics.
  • Forming voltages increased from 3.91 V at 300 K to 7.11 V at 4 K.
  • Average set voltage increased slightly from 1.30 V to 1.46 V; reset voltage from 1.75 V to 1.86 V.
  • Unchanged performance over 1 M cycles at various temperatures, indicating robust endurance.
  • Retention and relaxation characteristics significantly improved at 77 K and 4 K.

Abstract

ABSTRACT As emerging nonvolatile memory, resistive random‐access memory (RRAM) holds great promise as a cryogenic memory solution for quantum computing systems. Although device‐level cryogenic performance has been previously investigated, the scalability of these observations to RRAM array remains unaddressed. In this work, we report for the first time the comprehensive electrical characterization of a 1024‐device HfO 2 ‐based RRAM array from 300 K room temperature to 4 K Helium temperature. Forming voltages increase significantly, with mean value rising from 3.91 V at 300 K to 7.11 V at 4 K, while set and reset voltages exhibit minor increase with average set voltage from 1.30 V at 300 K to 1.46 V at 4 K and average reset voltage from 1.75 V at 300 K to 1.86 V at 4 K. Endurance test demonstrates robust performance over 1 M cycle without degradation at 300, 77, and 4 K, respectively. Most notably, retention and relaxation characteristics are dramatically enhanced at 77 and 4 K. The devices also exhibited strong immunity against read disturb across the investigated temperatures. These findings establish HfO 2 ‐based RRAM array as high‐performance cryogenic nonvolatile memory, and pave the way for practical integration of RRAM array in cryogenic quantum computing circuits.

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Lu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e07e992f7e8953b7cbf71bhttps://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202500878
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