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Nanoelectrochemical Switch for
Programmable logic
Toshitsugu SAKAMOTO Low-power Electronics Association & Project (LEAP)
2nd Symposium for Energy Efficient Electronic Systems , 2011
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Resistive switch technology using electrochemical reaction
Two terminal atom switch
Three terminal atom switch
Programmable cell arrays using atom switches
Performance gap between FPGA and ASIC
Chip size and power reduction
Conclusions
Outline
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Ag atom precipitates when positive voltage is biased on Ag.
Formation and annihilation of atomic bridge changes
conductance in units of 2e2/h.
Atomic Switch with nanometer gap
+200
+100
+80
-260mV
Co
nd
ucta
nce
(2e
2/h
)sequence
K.Terabe, et al., REKEN Review 37, 7 (2001)
K.Terabe, et al., Nature 433, 47 (2005)
RT
Ag
Pt
Ag
Switch Off Switch On
Ag2S
4 Two-terminal Atom Switch
Anode voltage (V) -0.2 0 0.2
10-12
10-10
10-8
10-6
10-4
10-2
Ab
so
lute
cu
rre
nt (A
)
OFF
(Reset)
ON
(SET)
ON
OFF
Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 3032 (2003)
Anode
Cathode
5 Three terminal Atom Switch
ON
OFF
Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 252104 (2010)
Gate voltage, VG (V)
Cur
rent
(A
)
-0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.210-11
10-10
10-9
10-8
10-7
10-6
10-5
10-4
IG
ID
1mGate(Cu)
Drain(Pt)
Source(Ru)
Cu2S
Gate
Drain
6 Electrochemical switch in liquid (Triode)
OFF ON
Electrolyte (CuSO4 aq.)
Gate(Cu)
Drain (Pt)
Source (Pt)
S/D : Cu+ + e- → Cu
Gate : Cu → Cu+ + e-
7 Cycle endurance
VG=0V, VD=10mV, RT
ON
OFF Dra
in c
urr
ent, I
D (
A)
Cycle0 50 100
10-12
10-10
10-8
10-6
10-4
10-2
Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 252104 (2010)
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Issues
Thermal robustness of Cu2S
Process compatibility
2/3 terminal comparison
2 terminal 3 terminal
Ionic condutor Cu2S Cu2S
Integration - -
ON/OFF ratio 106 106
Cycling endurance 104 102
Switching voltage 0.1-0.2V 0.1-0.2V
Switching time ~1usec -
Switching current 1mA < 2uA
Retention 3 months -
Oxide ionic-conductor
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Appropriate materials for Si LSI
Ionic conductor : Oxide
Inert electrode : Ru
Active electrode : Cu interconnect
Simple structure
Only two additional mask needed
Implemented in BEOL
M1
M2
M3
M4
M5
switch
90nm CMOS
M.Tada et al., IEEE IEDM (2010)
10 IV characteristics
M.Tada et al., IEEE IEDM (2010)
11 Origin of current path
Resistive switching is attributed to formation of Cu bridge.
Pt
Cu Ta2O5
B
HSQ
A
40nm 0 0
Si/Ta Cu
O
Pt
Cu/Ta Cu
Ta/Pt
10 2 4 6 8 Energy (keV)
Inte
nsity (
a.u
.)
A
B
Element analysis by EDX before turning ON
after turning ON
Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 092110 (2007)
12 32x32 Xbar switch
Cell-select transistors are placed at each lines (32x2)
(not at each cells- 32x32).
VP applied to programmed cell and 0 or 1/2VP to the others.
VP 1/2VP 1/2VP 1/2VP
0
1/2VP
1/2VP
1/2VP
M.Miyamura, et al.,IEEE ISSCC (2011)
13 Programmability of Xbar
z Re-programming
X: Signal input
Y:
Sig
na
l o
utp
ut
X: Signal input
Y:
Sig
na
l o
utp
ut [Ω]
1e10
1e9
1e8
1e7
1e6
1e5
1e4
1e3
1e2
M.Miyamura et al.,IEEE ISSCC (2011)
14 Switching time
M.Tada et al., IEEE IEDM (2010)
15 Switch comparison
3 terminal 2 terminal
Cu2S Cu2S Oxide
Integration - - OK
ON/OFF ratio 106 106 106
Cycling endurance 102 104 104
Switching voltage 0.1-0.2V 0.1-0.2V 2-5V
Switching time - ~1usec 10nsec
Switching current 0.1uA 1mA 1mA
Retention - 3 months 10years
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Application of atom switch
17 Taxonomy of Nonvolatile memory
Mature
Prototype
Emerging
Charge state Resistive state Magnetic state
STT RAM
PRAM
(Phase change)
ReRAM
- O-vacancy
- Metallic-Bridge
MRAM
(Magnetic Field)
NAND flash
NOR flash
(Floating gate)
SONOS/TANOS
(Charge Trap)
BEOL device
(Atom switch)
18 ON/OFF conductance ratio & Trade-off
Cycle Endurance
ON
/OF
F r
ati
o
NOR Switch
ReRAM
10 0 10 2 10 4 10 6 10 8 10 10 >10 16
10 0
10 2
10 4
10 6
10 8
MRAM
SRAM
19 Switch application
Advantages
Large ON/OFF resistance ratio
BEOL process +2PR
Switch size
Nonvolatile
Issues for programmable switch
Reliability /Switching model
SET/RESET current (~0.5mA)
SET voltage (~3.5V)
Variability
Programmable switch
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Requirements for switch application
ON state reliability : pulsed AC current (50uA p-p)
OFF state reliability : DC voltage (1V)
10 years, 105ºC, 0.1%TTF(time to failure)
Reliability requirements for switch
21 ON state reliability & Trade-off
GON = 5 IReset
Switching current
(ISet or IReset)
ON conductance
(GON)
Allowable current
(IMAX)
Imax = 1.4x10-2 GON
Imax = 0.7x10-2 IReset
@0.1%TTF, 10year, 105oC
0.5mA
2.5mS (400Ω) 37uA@DC
N. Banno, et al., IEEE VLSI Symp., 115 (2010)
22 OFF state reliability & Trade-off
Set voltage
(VSET)
Allowable voltage
(VMAX)
VSET ≈ 3.5V
M.Tada et al., IEEE IEDM (2010)
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Programmable cell arrays
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ASIC (Cell based ASIC)
FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)
Fixed logic cells
& interconnection
Reconfigurable logic cells
& interconnection
ASIC vs FPGA
Circuit design (HDL)
Mask
Si chip production
Layout (CAD)
Circuit design (HDL)
Buy FPGA and Program it!
Short lead time
Low NRE
Logic
Cell
Logic
Cell
Logic
Cell
Logic
Cell
Logic
Cell
Logic
Cell
Logic
Cell
Logic
Cell
Pro
du
cti
on
flo
w
Str
uc
ture
Small chip
High performance
Large chip
Fair performance
Long lead time
High NRE
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Time to Market
low developing cost or NRE (non-recurring engineering) cost
NRE for ASIC > 10M$
Performance gap
Area
Delay
Dynamic Power
SRAM issues
Increasing static power
Variability
Advantage / Disadvantage of FPGA
Net SalesAltera + Xilinx
Net
Sal
es (
bill
ion
$)
Year1996 2000 2004 2008
0
1
2
3
4
(Ref. Annual Rep.)
We accept gap & issues.
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Reduced area to program connection
Non-volatility
Essence to narrow the gap
27 Switch over Logic
Sea of switches
Logic Cell
Logic Cell
Logic Cell
Logic Cell
Logic plane
Switch plane
Proposal Conventional FPGA
SRAM cell Pass tr. wire
SRAM switch Nonvolatile SW
Area:120F2 4F2
Small Cell
(>102F2) Large Cell
(>104F2)
Size:1/10
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32x32 programmable cells based on standard cell design
(for reference)
MUX for configurable switch
Programmable logic using CMOS switch
32 x 32
programmable cell
array
Drivers and I/O buffers
M.Miyamura et al.,IEEE ISSCC (2011)
by courtesy of M.Miyamura, NEC
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Logic cell
350,000 atom switches replace MUX
72% chip area reduction
70% dynamic power reduction
Programmable cell using atom switches
32 x 32
programmable cell
array
Drivers and I/O buffers
32 x 32 cell
array
Driver & I/O
Dri
ver
& I/O
switch
logic
M.Miyamura et al.,IEEE ISSCC (2011)
by courtesy of M.Miyamura, NEC
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Nonvolalilty reduces Static Power.
Small capacitance of switch or interconnection reduce
dynamic power.
Reduction in power consumption
PINT ｆ (CINT + CSW + C0 )
Wire length
Interconnect
M.Miyamura et al.,IEEE ISSCC (2011)
Pst
0 5 10 15 20 0
5
Dyn
am
ic
P [
mW
]
MUX base
AtomSW
Operational frequency (MHz)
~1/2 ~1/10
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Boosts performance & functionality of Si chip
Does not affect CMOS integration & properties
Concept of BEOL Device
FE
OL
B
EO
L
45nm 32nm 22nm 15nm 11nm
Technology Node
No
. T
ran
sis
tors
/ C
hip
P
erf
orm
an
ce
, F
un
cti
on
ality
More than Moore
More Moore
BEOL devices
boost performance.
FEOL
BEOL device
32 Research consortium : LEAP
MRAM
Objective :
“Ultra low voltage device for Low-carbon society”
Member companies :
Ebara, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Semiconductor, Hitachi Kokusai Electric,
Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric Corp, NEC Corp., Renesas Electronics
Corp., Tokyo Electron Ltd., Toshiba Corp.
PRAM CNT Via
Atom Switch
BEOL
• Shared test chip
• 65nm CMOS Logic
FDFET(SOTB)
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Three terminal atom switch reduces the programming
current dramatically.
Two-terminal atom switch successfully embedded into a Cu
interconnect with two additional masks.
Novel switch improves performances of reconfigurable LSI
without scaling down.
72% reduction in chip size
70% reduction in dynamic power
Conclusions
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Munehiro Tada (LEAP)
Makoto Miyamura
Naoki Banno
Koichi Okamoto
Noriyuki Iguchi
Hiromitsu Hada
Acknowledge