The mechanism of threshold switching in amorphous alloys
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Reviews of Modern Physics
- Vol. 50 (2), 209-220
- https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.50.209
Abstract
This paper surveys the characteristics of threshold switching systems and examines the evidence for threshold switching as an electronic process. A semiquantitative model is proposed for the nature of the ON—state. The OFF—ON transition is also discussed in the light of recent experimentation, as are the principal aspects of the problem still in need of furthur clarification.Keywords
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