DocumentCode
1365871
Title
Low power, high reliability magnetic flip-flop
Author
Lakys, Y. ; Zhao, Wanfang ; Klein, Jacques-Olivier ; Chappert, Claude
Author_Institution
IEF, Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
Volume
46
Issue
22
fYear
2010
Firstpage
1493
Lastpage
1494
Abstract
A new design of a non-volatile magnetic flip-flop is presented. The use of a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) to store the information brings non-volatility to logic circuits and promises zero standby power. It is based on the thermally assisted switching (TAS) approach and the pre-charge sense amplifier. By using STMicroelectronics´ CMOS 0.13um design kit and a precise TAS-MTJ compact model, transient functional simulations and Monte Carlo statistical analysis have been carried out to show, respectively, its low power and high reliability performances.
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; Monte Carlo methods; flip-flops; logic circuits; logic design; low-power electronics; magnetic logic; magnetic tunnelling; statistical analysis; CMOS; Monte Carlo statistical analysis; TAS-MTJ compact model; high reliability magnetic flip-flop; logic circuit; low power flip-flop; magnetic tunnel junction; nonvolatile magnetic flip-flop; precharge sense amplifier; size 0.13 micron; thermally assisted switching; transient functional simulation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el.2010.2039
Filename
5614009
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