DocumentCode
3641924
Title
Analysis of STT-RAM cell design with multiple MTJs per access
Author
Henry Park;Richard Dorrance;Amr Amin;Fengbo Ren;Dejan Marković;C.K. Ken Yang
Author_Institution
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 90095, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
53
Lastpage
58
Abstract
Density of STT-RAMs is limited by the area cost and width of the access device in a cell since it needs to support the programming currents. This paper explores a cell structure that shares each cell´s access transistor with multiple MTJ memory elements. Feasibility and limitations of such a cell structure is explored for both reading and writing of the memory. The analytical and simulation results indicate that only small amount of sharing is possible and having MTJs that can handle a high read current without disturbing the cell is needed.
Keywords
"Computer architecture","Microprocessors","Switches","Tunneling magnetoresistance","Transistors","Magnetic tunneling","Writing"
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nanoscale Architectures (NANOARCH), 2011 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0993-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NANOARCH.2011.5941483
Filename
5941483
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