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Atomic Force High Frequency Phonons Non-volatile Dynamic Random-Access Memory Compatible with Sub-7nm ULSI CMOS Technology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2019

James N. Pan*
Affiliation:
Advanced Enterprise and License Company (AELC), Linthicum, Maryland21090, USA
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Abstract

This paper reports a novel low power, fast nonvolatile memory utilizing high frequency phonons, atomic force dual quantum wells, ferromagnetism, coupled magnetic dipoles and random accessed magnetic devices. Very high-speed memories, such as SRAM and DRAM, are mostly volatile (data are lost when power is off). Nonvolatile memories, including FLASH and MRAM, are typically not as fast has DRAM or SRAM, and the voltages for WRITE/ERASE operations are relatively high. This paper describes a silicon nonvolatile memory that is compatible with advanced sub-7nm CMOS process. It consists of only one transistor (MOSFET) – small size, and more cost effective, compared with a 6-Transistor SRAM. There is no need to refresh, as required by DRAM. The access time can be less than 1ns – close to the speed level of relaxation time - much faster than traditional FLASH memories and comparable to volatile DRAM. The operating voltages for all memory functions can be as low as high speed CMOS.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019 

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