Title :
An 8Mb 1T1C ferroelectric memory with zero cancellation and micro-granularity redundancy
Author :
Eliason, Jarrod ; Madan, Sudhir ; McAdams, Hugh ; Fox, Glen ; Moise, Ted ; Lin, Changgui ; Schwartz, Kurt ; Gallia, Jim ; Jabillo, Edwin ; Kraus, Bill ; Summerfelt, Scott
Author_Institution :
Ramtron Int. Corp., Colorado Springs, CO
Abstract :
New design techniques facilitate a high reliability 1T1C 8Mb ferroelectric random access memory with 0.71u2 cell operating at 1.5V on a 130nm 5LM Cu process. Zero cancellation increases the cell interrogation voltage by using a nonswitching ferroelectric capacitor to remove charge from the bit line that compensates the linear charge from the cell capacitor. A micro-granularity redundancy approach preserves high repair probability for up to 128 single bit failures. Trim data is stored in 2T2C configuration rows for redundancy, reference, regulator and control logic adjustment
Keywords :
circuit reliability; ferroelectric capacitors; ferroelectric storage; random-access storage; redundancy; 1.5 V; 130 nm; 1T1C ferroelectric random access memory; 2T2C configuration rows; 5LM process; 8 Mbit; Cu; cell capacitors; cell interrogation voltage; micro-granularity redundancy; nonswitching ferroelectric capacitor; trim data storage; zero cancellation; Capacitors; Driver circuits; Ferroelectric films; Ferroelectric materials; Instruments; Nonvolatile memory; Random access memory; Redundancy; Regulators; Springs;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE 2005
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9023-7
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.2005.1568697