• DocumentCode
    1570403
  • Title

    Time Discrete Voltage Sensing and Iterative Programming Control for a 4F2 Multilevel CBRAM

  • Author

    Schrögmeier, P. ; Angerbauer, M. ; Dietrich, S. ; Ivanov, Maxim ; Honigschmid, H. ; Liaw, Chang-Ming ; Markert, M. ; Symanczyk, R. ; Altimime, L. ; Bournat, S. ; Müller, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Qimonda AG, Neubiberg
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    186
  • Lastpage
    187
  • Abstract
    Multilevel read/write circuits developed for a 90 nm, 4F2, 1T1CBJ (1-transistor/1-conductive bridging junction) 4Mb CBRAM core are described for the first time. The design uses an on-pitch time-discrete voltage sensing scheme and employs a bitline (BL) charge balancing reference as well as a self-timed iterative program concept. Random read cycle times ap0.7 mus and random write cycle times ap1.35 mus are achieved.
  • Keywords
    integrated circuit design; memory architecture; power aware computing; random-access storage; 4F2 multilevel CBRAM; bitline charge balancing reference; conductive bridging junction; iterative programming control; multilevel read-write circuits; self-timed iterative program concept; size 90 nm; storage capacity 4 Mbit; time discrete voltage sensing; Acceleration; Bridge circuits; Circuit stability; Circuit testing; Content addressable storage; Read only memory; TV; Voltage control; CBRAM; multilevel; voltage sensing and reference;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Circuits, 2007 IEEE Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Print_ISBN
    978-4-900784-05-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-4-900784-05-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VLSIC.2007.4342708
  • Filename
    4342708