Variation-Tolerant Separated Pre-Charge Sense Amplifier for Resistive Non-Volatile logic circuit

Jooyoon Kim, Jongsun Park

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Abstract

Due to limited scalability and leakage power of CMOS-based logic circuit, Spin Transfer Torque (STT) device, which has the characteristics of a low area, zero leakage power, nonvolatile and infinite endurance, is one of the strongest candidates to overcome limitations of CMOS. Based on these characteristics, efforts have been made to develop STT-device logic circuit. However, STT-device logic circuit has encountered the problem of read reliability. To address read reliability issue, we propose a new Sense amplifier, named variation-Tolerant separated precharge sense amplifier. This circuit, by using transmission gate and feedback, is resilient to process variation and has high read reliability. Simulation using the 65nm process is conducted to show the performance of the proposed sensing circuit. Simulation results demonstrate that the reading error rate of the proposed sense amplifier decreased by 68% and 37% respectively, compared to the conventional SPCSA and RESPCSA.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - International SoC Design Conference, ISOCC 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages147-148
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781728183312
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Oct 21
Event17th International System-on-Chip Design Conference, ISOCC 2020 - Yeosu, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 2020 Oct 212020 Oct 24

Publication series

NameProceedings - International SoC Design Conference, ISOCC 2020

Conference

Conference17th International System-on-Chip Design Conference, ISOCC 2020
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityYeosu
Period20/10/2120/10/24

Keywords

  • Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ)
  • Nonvolatile logic
  • Reliability
  • Sense amplifier
  • Spin-Transfer Torque (STT)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Instrumentation
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Hardware and Architecture

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