R. Bez

5.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
78 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

R. Bez is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Bez has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 42 papers in Materials Chemistry and 17 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in R. Bez's work include Semiconductor materials and devices (38 papers), Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (37 papers) and Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (31 papers). R. Bez is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor materials and devices (38 papers), Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (37 papers) and Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (31 papers). R. Bez collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Switzerland and United States. R. Bez's co-authors include A. Pirovano, F. Pellizzer, Andrea L. Lacaita, A. Benvenuti, Alberto Modelli, A. Visconti, E. Camerlenghi, P. Olivo, Enrico Zanoni and Paolo Pavan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Physical Review B and Proceedings of the IEEE.

In The Last Decade

R. Bez

74 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Introduction to flash memory

2003 590 citations R. Bez, Alberto Modelli et al. profile →
Flash memory cells-an overview

1997 517 citations R. Bez et al. profile →
Electronic Switching in Phase-Change Memories

2004 502 citations A. Pirovano, Andrea L. Lacaita et al. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Bez Italy	25	3.1k	2.2k	604	558	520	78	3.8k
F. Pellizzer Italy	22	2.3k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	641 1.1×	290 0.5×	557 1.1×	56	2.8k
Martin Salinga Germany	27	3.1k 1.0×	3.0k 1.4×	814 1.3×	370 0.7×	851 1.6×	46	4.3k
A. Pirovano Italy	26	2.6k 0.8×	2.5k 1.1×	718 1.2×	163 0.3×	631 1.2×	67	3.1k
C. Lam United States	26	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	281 0.5×	609 1.1×	497 1.0×	70	2.9k
R. Degraeve Belgium	50	10.9k 3.5×	2.4k 1.1×	538 0.9×	217 0.4×	566 1.1×	441	11.2k
Daniel Krebs Germany	20	1.4k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	217 0.4×	362 0.6×	406 0.8×	40	2.0k
John P. Reifenberg United States	13	1.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	245 0.4×	246 0.4×	444 0.9×	22	2.0k
Ming‐Jinn Tsai Taiwan	37	5.9k 1.9×	1.7k 0.8×	269 0.4×	153 0.3×	1.4k 2.8×	147	6.2k
M. Breitwisch United States	20	1.4k 0.5×	886 0.4×	201 0.3×	464 0.8×	252 0.5×	43	1.9k
Andrea Redaelli Italy	23	1.5k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	372 0.6×	96 0.2×	427 0.8×	69	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Bez

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Fantini, Paolo, A. Ghetti, E. Varesi, et al.. (2024). VT Window Model of the Single-Chalcogenide Xpoint Memory (SXM). BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 1–4. 3 indexed citations

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Pellizzer, F., A. Benvenuti, Bob Johnson, et al.. (2006). A 90nm Phase Change Memory Technology for Stand-Alone Non-Volatile Memory Applications. 122–123. 87 indexed citations

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Bez, R. & G. Atwood. (2006). Chalcogenide Phase Change Memory: Scalable NVM for the Next Decade?. 12–14. 24 indexed citations

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Cappelletti, P., R. Bez, Alberto Modelli, & A. Visconti. (2005). What we have learned on flash memory reliability in the last ten years. 489–492. 14 indexed citations

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Selmi, L., C. Fiegna, E. Sangiorgi, R. Bez, & B. Riccò. (2005). A Study Of Injection Conditions In The Substrate Hot Electron Induced Degradation Of n-MOSFETs. 156–157.

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Atwood, G. & R. Bez. (2005). Current status of chalcogenide phase change memory. 29–33. 41 indexed citations

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Ielmini, Daniele, et al.. (2004). Analysis of phase-transformation dynamics and estimation of amorphous-chalcogenide fraction in phase-change memories. 209–215. 24 indexed citations

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Pirovano, A., Andrea L. Lacaita, A. Benvenuti, F. Pellizzer, & R. Bez. (2004). Electronic Switching in Phase-Change Memories. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 51(3). 452–459. 502 indexed citations breakdown →

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Piccinini, F., et al.. (2002). Complete transient simulation of flash EEPROM devices. 201–204. 8 indexed citations

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Lanzoni, M., L. Selmi, R. Bez, & M. Manfredi. (2002). A test pattern to investigate the effect of capping layers on the hot carrier induced photon spectra of MOSFETs. 204–207. 2 indexed citations

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Bez, R., et al.. (2002). Narrow width effects in CMOS n(p)-well resistors. 29. 13–16.

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Micheloni, Rino, Carla Golla, R. Bez, et al.. (2000). 40-mm/sup 2/ 3-V-only 50-MHz 64-Mb 2-b/cell CHE NOR flash memory. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 35(11). 1655–1667. 26 indexed citations

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Ghetti, A., L. Selmi, & R. Bez. (1999). Low-voltage hot electrons and soft-programming lifetime prediction in nonvolatile memory cells. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 46(4). 696–702. 22 indexed citations

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Bez, R., et al.. (1998). A new erasing method for a single-voltage long-endurance flash memory. IEEE Electron Device Letters. 19(2). 37–39. 6 indexed citations

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Bez, R., et al.. (1996). A Triple-well Architecture for Low-voltage Operation in Submicron CMOS Devices. European Solid-State Device Research Conference. 613–616. 5 indexed citations

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Perron, Laurence, et al.. (1996). Impact of Fast Interface States on Effective Mobility of Heavily-Doped MOSFET's. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 833–836. 5 indexed citations

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Concannon, A., A. Mathewson, F. Piccinini, et al.. (1994). Applications of a Novel Hot Carrier Injection Model in Flash EEPROM Design. 503–506. 2 indexed citations

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Selmi, L., C. Fiegna, & R. Bez. (1994). Correlation between substrate hot electron energy and homogeneous degradation in n-MOSFET's. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 41(9). 1677–1679. 1 indexed citations

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Bez, R., et al.. (1990). Experimental transient analysis of the tunnel current in EEPROM cells. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 37(4). 1081–1086. 43 indexed citations

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Bez, R., et al.. (1988). SPICE MODEL FOR TRANSIENT ANALYSIS OF EEPROM CELLS. Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 49(C4). C4–677. 7 indexed citations

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