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As one of the key components in the non-volatile full adder (NV-FA), spin transfer torque assisted voltage controlled magnetic anisotropy magnetic tunnel junction (STT assisted VCMA-MTJ) will possess superior development prospects in internet of things, artificial intelligence and other fields due to its fast switching speed, low power consumption and good stability. However, with the downscaling of magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) and the improvement of chip integration, the effects of process deviation on the performances of MTJ device as well as NV-FA circuit become more and more important. Based on the magnetization dynamics of STT assisted VCMA-MTJ, a new electrical model of STT assisted VCMA-MTJ, in which the effects of the film growth variation and the etching variation are taken into account, is established to study the effects of the above deviations on the performances of MTJ device and NV-FA circuit. It is shown that the MTJ state fails to be switched under the free layer thickness deviation γtf ≥ 6% or the oxide layer thickness deviation γtox ≥ 0.7%. The sensing margin (SM) is reduced by 17.5% as the tunnel magnetoresistance ratio deviation β increases to 30%. The writing error rate can be effectively reduced by increasing Vb1, and increasing Vb2 when writing ‘0’ or reducing Vb2 when writing ‘1’ in the NV-FA circuit. The output error rate can also be effectively reduced by increasing the driving voltage of logical operation Vdd.
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Keywords:
- magnetic tunnel junction /
- spin transfer torque /
- voltage controlled magnetic anisotropy magnetic /
- process deviation
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图 1 STT辅助VCMA-MTJ结构示意图
Figure 1. Schematic structure of the STT assisted VCMA-MTJ device.
图 2 VCMA效应示意图
Figure 2. Schematic illustration of the VCMA effect.
图 3 P态切换到AP态时STT辅助VCMA-MTJ磁化动力学示意图
Figure 3. Illustration of magnetization dynamics when STT assisted VCMA-MTJ switches from P state to AP state.
图 4 AP态切换到P态时STT辅助VCMA-MTJ磁化动力学示意图
Figure 4. Illustration of magnetization dynamics when STT assisted VCMA-MTJ switches from AP state to P state.
图 5 Vb1, Vb2及γtf对STT辅助VCMA-MTJ状态切换的影响, 其中插图是Vb的设置
Figure 5. Effects of Vb1, Vb2 and γtf on the state switching of STT assisted VCMA-MTJ, in which the inset represents the setting of Vb.
图 6 γtox对STT辅助VCMA-MTJ状态切换的影响, 其中插图是Vb的设置
Figure 6. Effect of γtox on the state switching of STT assisted VCMA-MTJ, in which the inset represents the setting of Vb.
图 7 不同β下, SM随TMR的变化
Figure 7. SM versus TMR with different β.
图 8 NV-FA电路
Figure 8. Circuit of NV-FA.
图 9 NV-FA写电路仿真波形
Figure 9. Simulation waveform of the writing circuit of NV-FA.
图 10 NV-FA仿真波形
Figure 10. Simulation waveform of NV-FA.
图 11 STT辅助VCMA-MTJ写电路的蒙特卡罗仿真波形 (a)写‘0’; (b)写‘1’
Figure 11. Monte Carlo simulation waveform of the writing circuit of STT assisted VCMA-MTJ: (a) Writing ‘0’; (b) writing ‘1’.
图 12 写入错误率随Vb1和Vb2的变化 (a)写‘0’的错误率; (b)写‘1’的错误率
Figure 12. Writing error rate versus Vb1 and Vb2: (a) Writing ‘0’; (b) writing ‘1’.
图 13 NV-FA的蒙特卡罗仿真波形, 其中n = 100, 3σ/μ = 0.03, Vdd = 1.0 V
Figure 13. Monte Carlo simulation waveform of NV-FA with n = 100, 3σ/μ = 0.03, Vdd = 1.0 V.
图 14 不同信号下错误率随Vdd的变化 (a) Sum错误率; (b) Co错误率
Figure 14. Error rate versus Vdd under different signals: (a) Error rate of Sum; (b) error rate of Co.
图 15 两款NV-FA输出错误率随Vdd变化情况的比较
Figure 15. The sensing error rate versus Vdd in two types of NV-FA.
表 1 STT辅助VCMA-MTJ电学模型部分参数列表
Table 1. Partial parameters of the STT assisted VCMA-MTJ model.
参数 符号 值 自由层厚度标准值 tf 1.1 nm 氧化层厚度标准值 tox 1.4 nm MTJ横截面直径 d 50 nm Gilbert阻尼系数 α 0.05 STT极化因子 P 0.58 饱和磁化强度 Ms 0.625 × 106 A/m 垂直磁各向异性系数 Ki 0.32 mJ/m2 VCMA系数 ξ 60 fJ/(V·m) 氧化层势垒高度 $ \bar \varphi $ 0.4 eV 隧穿磁阻率标准值 TMR 100% 外磁场在x轴分量 Hx 31830 A/m x, y轴退磁因子 Nx, y 0.0168 z轴退磁因子 Nz 0.966 旋磁比 γ 2.21 × 105 m/(A·s) 拟合系数 F 11.2727 (m·Ω·eV1/2)–1 拟合因子 Ce 1.025 (m·eV1/2)–1 
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[1] Verma G 2020 Global Conference on Wireless and Optical Technologies (GCWOT) Malaga, Spain, October 6–8, 2020 p1
[2] Deng E Y, Zhang Y, Klein J O, Ravelsona D, Chappert C, Zhao W S 2013 IEEE Trans. Magn. 49 4982
Google Scholar
[3] Cai H, Jiang H L, Han M L, Wang Z H, Wang Y, Yang J, Han J, Liu L B, Zhao W S 2019 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI) Miami, USA, July 1, 2019 p111
[4] Shreya S, Jain A, Kaushik B K 2020 Microelectron. J. 109 104943
Google Scholar
[5] Roohi A, Zand R, Fan D, DeMara R F 2017 IEEE Trans. Comput. AD. D. 36 2134
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[6] Sharmin S, Jaiswal A, Roy K 2016 IEEE Trans. Electron. Devices 63 3493
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[7] Wang Y, Cai H, Naviner L, Zhang Y, Zhao X X, Deng E Y, Klein J O, Zhao W S 2016 IEEE Trans. Electron. Devices 63 1762
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[8] Long M Z, Zeng L, Gao T Q, Zhang D M, Qin X W, Zhang Y G, Zhao W S 2018 IEEE Trans. Nanotechnol. 17 492
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[9] Kanai S, Nakatani Y, Yamanouchi M, Ikeda S, Sato H, Matsukura F, Ohno H 2014 Appl. Phys. Lett. 104 212406
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[10] Zarei A, Safaei F 2018 Microelectron. J. 82 62
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[11] Wang Y, Cai H, Naviner L, Zhao X X, Zhang Y, Slimani M, Klein J O, Zhao W S 2016 Microelectron. Reliab. 64 26
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[12] Meng H, Lum W H, Sbiaa R, Lua S Y H, Tan H K 2011 J. Appl. Phys. 110 033904
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[15] Ji M H, Pan L, Hu Y G, Pan M C, Yang L, Peng J P, Qiu W C, Hu J F, Zhang Q, Li P S 2019 AIP Adv. 9 085317
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[16] Amiri P K, Alzate J G, Cai X Q, Ebrahimi F, Hu Q, Wong K, Grezes C, Lee H, Yu G Q, Li X, Akyol M, Shao Q M, Katine J A, Langer J, Ocker B, Wang K L 2015 IEEE Trans. Magn. 51 1
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Google Scholar
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