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Advanced Information Storage 15. Atsufumi Hirohata. Department of Electronics. 16:00 21/November/2013 Thursday (V 120). Quick Review over the Last Lecture. MRAM read-out :. MRAM STT write-in :. Bit line. Sensing current. Magnetic free layer. Magnetic tunnel / spin-valve junctions.

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  1. Advanced Information Storage 15 Atsufumi Hirohata Department of Electronics 16:00 21/November/2013 Thursday (V 120)

  2. Quick Review over the Last Lecture MRAM read-out : MRAM STT write-in : Bit line Sensing current Magnetic free layer Magnetic tunnel / spin-valve junctions Insulator / nonmagnet Magnetic pin layer Word line Selection transistor (MOSFET) Parallel magnetisation ↓ Low resistant state “0” Antiparallel magnetisation ↓ High resistant state “1” Perpendicularly magnetised MRAM : * http://www.wikipedia.org/; ** M. Oogane and T. Miyazaki, “Magnetic Random Access Memory,” in Epitaxial Ferromagnetic Films and Spintronic Applications, A. Hirohata and Y.Otani (Eds.)(Research Signpost, Kerala, 2009) p. 335; *** http://www.toshiba.co.jp/

  3. 15 Ferroelectric / Phase Change Random Access Memory • FeRAM • PRAM • ReRAM

  4. Memory Types Dynamic Rewritable Volatile DRAM SRAM Static Non-volatile Static MRAM FeRAM PRAM Read only Non-volatile PROM Static Mask ROM Read majority (Writable) Flash Non-volatile Static EPROM * http://www.semiconductorjapan.net/serial/lesson/12.html

  5. Comparison between Next-Generation Memories * http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/HONSHI/20070926/139715/

  6. Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (FeRAM) In 1952, Dudley A. Buck invented ferroelectric RAM in his master’s thesis : • Utilise ferroelectric polarisations • Very fast latency : < 1 ns • CMOS process compatible • Relatively large cell size : 15 F 2 • Destructive read-out * http://www.DudleyBuck.com/; ** http://www.wikipedia.org/

  7. FeRAM Cells 1 1-transistor type : 1-transistor 1-capacitor type : * http://loto.sourceforge.net/feram/doc/film.xhtml

  8. FeRAM Cells 2 2-transistor 2-capacitor type : Word line Bit line 1 Bit line 2 Word line Plate line Bit line 1 Bit line 2 Capacitor V 1 Ferroelectric capacitor 1 Ferroelectric capacitor 2 Capacitor V 2 FeRAM Writing operation Plate line Reading operation • Prevent destructive read-out * http://www,wikipedia.org/

  9. Requirements for Ferroelectric Materials FeRAM cell structure : • Large residual polarisation • → High recording density • Small dielectric constant • → Read-out error reduction • Small coercive electric field • → Low power consumption • High fatigue endurance • → 10-year usage (> 10 12polarisation reversal) • High remanence • → 10-year tolerance for data • Small imprint • → High recording density

  10. Ferroelectric Materials ABO3 type materials : * http://loto.sourceforge.net/feram/doc/film.xhtml

  11. Polarisation Hysteresis For example, BaTiO3 : * http://loto.sourceforge.net/feram/doc/film.xhtml

  12. Applications 2-Mb FeRAM introduced by Fujitsu : * http://www.fujitsu.com/

  13. Comparison between Next-Generation Memories * http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/HONSHI/20070926/139715/

  14. Phase Change In 1960s, Stanford R. Ovshinsky studied phase-change properties of chalcogenide In 1969, Charles Sie demonstrated the feasibility for memory applications. In 1999, Ovonyx was established for memory realisation : • 512 Mbit (Samsung, 2006) • 1 Gbit (Numonyx, 2009) • 1.8 Gbit (Samsung, 2011) * http://www.esrf.eu/news/general/phase-change-materials/index_html; ** http://www.careace.net/2010/05/06/samsung-introducing-phase-change-memory-in-smartphones/

  15. Phase Change Random Access Memory (PRAM) Required writing currents for several techniques dependent upon cell size: • Utilise phase change • Low resistivity : crystalline phase • High resistivity : amorphous phase • CMOS process compatible • Rewritability : 1,000 ~ 100,000 times • Destructive read-out * http://www.wikipedia.org/; http://nextgenlog.blogspot.com

  16. PRAM Properties PRAM properties as compared with NOR-flash memory : ** http://www.hynix.com/mail/newsletter_2009_07/eng/sub02.html

  17. PRAM Operation PRAM operation : * * http://www.intechopen.com/books/advances-in-solid-state-circuit-technologies/impact-of-technology-scaling-on-phase-change-memory-performance

  18. PRAM Architecture PRAM architecture : * * http://www.intechopen.com/books/advances-in-solid-state-circuit-technologies/impact-of-technology-scaling-on-phase-change-memory-performance

  19. Resistive Random Access Memory (ReRAM) In 1997, Yoshinori Tokura found colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) : In 2002, Sharp demonstrated 64-bit ReRAM with Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3 : • Utilise large resistivity change • High endurance : ~ 10 12 • Fast switching speed : < 1 ns • CMOS process compatible * http://www.cmr.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/; ** http://phys.nsysu.edu.tw/ezfiles/85/1085/img/588/Oxide-basedResistiveMemoryTechnology_CHLien.pdf

  20. ReRAM Operation Unipolar / bipolar operations : * ** http://phys.nsysu.edu.tw/ezfiles/85/1085/img/588/Oxide-basedResistiveMemoryTechnology_CHLien.pdf

  21. ReRAM Operation Cycle Oxygen vacancy can be repaired during the operation cycle : * ** http://phys.nsysu.edu.tw/ezfiles/85/1085/img/588/Oxide-basedResistiveMemoryTechnology_CHLien.pdf

  22. ReRAM Demonstration Samsung (2004) : * Stanford (2011) : * ** http://phys.nsysu.edu.tw/ezfiles/85/1085/img/588/Oxide-basedResistiveMemoryTechnology_CHLien.pdf

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