Comparative Study of Steep Switching Devices for 1T Dynamic Memory

This work focuses on understanding the operation and performance of various steep switching devices (subthreshold slope sub 60 mV/decade), namely Thin-Capacitively Coupled Thyristor (TCCT), Field Effect Diode (FED), Zero sub-threshold swing and Zero impact ionization FET (Z2-FET), and Tunnel Field E...

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Main Authors: Nupur Navlakha, Hasan Raza Ansari, Leonard Register, Sanjay Banerjee
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Published: Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica 2024-06-01
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Online Access:https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_marcha/article/view/7224
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description This work focuses on understanding the operation and performance of various steep switching devices (subthreshold slope sub 60 mV/decade), namely Thin-Capacitively Coupled Thyristor (TCCT), Field Effect Diode (FED), Zero sub-threshold swing and Zero impact ionization FET (Z2-FET), and Tunnel Field Effect Transistor (TFET) as capacitorless dynamic memory. Functionality as 1T DRAM depends on creation of potential well which must be induced in a p-i-n structure, achieved through precise doping of p-region (TCCT), asymmetric gate alignment (Z2FET, TFET) and use of two independent gates (FED and twin gate TFET). While TCCT, FED and Z2FET operate in forward bias, TFET operates in reverse bias.  The work shows a comparative analysis of these devices in terms of retention time, sense margin, current ratio, power and speed which are crucial metrics for future DRAMs and also provides a guideline for application specific design.
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spelling doaj-art-ae54da2e4a784aa9b2ded38ca6baaaca2025-08-20T01:59:53ZengInstituto Tecnológico de Costa RicaTecnología en Marcha0379-39822215-32412024-06-01ág. 11011710.18845/tm.v37i5.72246510Comparative Study of Steep Switching Devices for 1T Dynamic MemoryNupur Navlakha0Hasan Raza Ansari1Leonard Register2Sanjay Banerjee3The University of Texas at AustinKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at AustinThis work focuses on understanding the operation and performance of various steep switching devices (subthreshold slope sub 60 mV/decade), namely Thin-Capacitively Coupled Thyristor (TCCT), Field Effect Diode (FED), Zero sub-threshold swing and Zero impact ionization FET (Z2-FET), and Tunnel Field Effect Transistor (TFET) as capacitorless dynamic memory. Functionality as 1T DRAM depends on creation of potential well which must be induced in a p-i-n structure, achieved through precise doping of p-region (TCCT), asymmetric gate alignment (Z2FET, TFET) and use of two independent gates (FED and twin gate TFET). While TCCT, FED and Z2FET operate in forward bias, TFET operates in reverse bias.  The work shows a comparative analysis of these devices in terms of retention time, sense margin, current ratio, power and speed which are crucial metrics for future DRAMs and also provides a guideline for application specific design.https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_marcha/article/view/7224dynamic memorycapacitorlesstunnel field effect transistorzero sub-threshold swingzero impact ionization fetthin-capacitively coupled thyristorfield effect dioderetention timepower
spellingShingle Nupur Navlakha
Hasan Raza Ansari
Leonard Register
Sanjay Banerjee
Comparative Study of Steep Switching Devices for 1T Dynamic Memory
Tecnología en Marcha
dynamic memory
capacitorless
tunnel field effect transistor
zero sub-threshold swing
zero impact ionization fet
thin-capacitively coupled thyristor
field effect diode
retention time
power
title Comparative Study of Steep Switching Devices for 1T Dynamic Memory
title_full Comparative Study of Steep Switching Devices for 1T Dynamic Memory
title_fullStr Comparative Study of Steep Switching Devices for 1T Dynamic Memory
title_full_unstemmed Comparative Study of Steep Switching Devices for 1T Dynamic Memory
title_short Comparative Study of Steep Switching Devices for 1T Dynamic Memory
title_sort comparative study of steep switching devices for 1t dynamic memory
topic dynamic memory
capacitorless
tunnel field effect transistor
zero sub-threshold swing
zero impact ionization fet
thin-capacitively coupled thyristor
field effect diode
retention time
power
url https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_marcha/article/view/7224
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