• DocumentCode
    3549938
  • Title

    A novel voltage sensing 1T/2MTJ cell with resistance ratio for highly stable and scalable MRAM

  • Author

    Aoki, Masaki ; Iwasa, Hiroshi ; Sato, Yoshihiro

  • Author_Institution
    Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Atsugi, Japan
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    16-18 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    170
  • Lastpage
    171
  • Abstract
    We propose a new scalable MRAM cell that consists of one transistor (IT) and two magnetic tunnel junctions (2MTJ), and can sense voltage directly divided with resistance ratio of 2MTJ. This circuit scheme enables to use folded bit line architecture with fixed reference voltage resulting into stable operation. The cell operations are demonstrated using SPICE simulations based on the measured characteristics of the series connected two magnetic tunnel junctions.
  • Keywords
    SPICE; electric sensing devices; magnetic tunnelling; magnetoresistive devices; random-access storage; MRAM; SPICE simulation; folded bit line architecture; magnetic tunnel junction; magnetoresistive random access memory; transistor; voltage sensing 1T/2MTJ cell; Circuit simulation; Clamps; Electrical resistance measurement; Laboratories; Magnetic tunneling; Nonvolatile memory; Random access memory; SPICE; Signal detection; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Circuits, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. 2005 Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    4-900784-01-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VLSIC.2005.1469359
  • Filename
    1469359