Title :
Compact modeling and corner analysis of spintronic memristor
Author :
Chen, Yiran ; Wang, Xiaobin
Author_Institution :
Seagate Technol., Shakopee, MN, USA
Abstract :
The 4th fundamental circuit elements - memristor received significant attentions after a real device was recently demonstrated for the first time. Besides the solid-state thin film memristive device, sprintonic memristor was also invented based on the magnetic technology. In this paper, we describe a compact model of the spintronic memristor based on the magnetic-domain-wall motion mechanism. Our proposed compact model can be easily implemented by Verilog-A language and compatible to SPICE-based simulation. Furthermore, we discuss the corner model generation of spintronic memristors to improve the simulation efficiency of large scale or complex circuitry, e.g., memory array or some analog circuit design. The process variation effects of the model parameters of are considered in the corner model of spintronic memristor.
Keywords :
SPICE; analogue circuits; hardware description languages; magnetic domain walls; magnetoelectronics; micromechanical devices; thin film devices; SPICE-based simulation; Verilog-A language; analog circuit design; compact modeling; complex circuitry; corner analysis; corner model generation; magnetic-domain-wall motion mechanism; memory array; process variation effects; solid-state thin film memristive device; spintronic memristor; Circuit simulation; Hardware design languages; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic devices; Magnetic films; Magnetoelectronics; Memristors; Solid state circuits; Thin film circuits; Thin film devices;
Conference_Titel :
Nanoscale Architectures, 2009. NANOARCH '09. IEEE/ACM International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4957-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4958-3
DOI :
10.1109/NANOARCH.2009.5226363