STT-MRAM sensing: a review

T Na, SH Kang, SO Jung - … on Circuits and Systems II: Express …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This brief presents a review of developments in spin-transfer-torque magnetoresistive
random access memory (STT-MRAM) sensing over the past 20 years from a circuit design …

Real-world ISAR object recognition using deep multimodal relation learning

B Xue, N Tong - IEEE transactions on cybernetics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Real-world inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) object recognition is a critical and
challenging problem in computer vision tasks. In this article, an efficient real-world ISAR …

Offset-canceling current-sampling sense amplifier for resistive nonvolatile memory in 65 nm CMOS

T Na, B Song, JP Kim, SH Kang… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Resistive nonvolatile memory (NVM) is considered to be a leading candidate for next-
generation memory. However, maintaining a target sensing margin is a challenge with …

Time-based sensing for reference-less and robust read in STT-MRAM memories

QK Trinh, S Ruocco, M Alioto - IEEE Transactions on Circuits …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces the concept of time-based sensing (TBS) for bitcell read in spin
transfer torque magnetic RAMs arrays. The TBS scheme converts the bitline voltage into …

Dynamic dual-reference sensing scheme for deep submicrometer STT-MRAM

W Kang, T Pang, W Lv, W Zhao - IEEE Transactions on Circuits …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As process technology downscales, read reliability has become a critical barrier for spin
transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM), owing to the increasing …

Dynamic reference voltage sensing scheme for read margin improvement in STT-MRAMs

QK Trinh, S Ruocco, M Alioto - IEEE Transactions on Circuits …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a novel approach to enhance the STT-MRAMs read margin based on
the concept of dynamic reference (DR). Our dynamic reference scheme dynamically adjusts …

A double-sensing-margin offset-canceling dual-stage sensing circuit for resistive nonvolatile memory

T Na, J Kim, JP Kim, SH Kang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Resistive nonvolatile memory (NVM) devices such as spin transfer torque random access
memory (STT-RAM) and resistive random access memory are considered to be leading …

Offset-canceling single-ended sensing scheme with one-bit-line precharge architecture for resistive nonvolatile memory in 65-nm CMOS

T Na, B Song, S Choi, JP Kim… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the design of nonvolatile memory (NVM), the sensing scheme (SS) has become a read-
energy bottleneck because the required read-cell current is too large to satisfy a target read …

Data-cell-variation-tolerant dual-mode sensing scheme for deep submicrometer STT-RAM

T Na, B Song, JP Kim, SH Kang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the spin-transfer-torque random access memory design, the sensing scheme has become
a bottleneck from the viewpoints of performance and read energy, because the required …

Cross-layer optimization for multilevel cell STT-RAM caches

X Bi, M Mao, D Wang, HH Li - IEEE Transactions on Very Large …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spin-transfer torque random access memory (STT-RAM), as an emerging nonvolatile
memory technology, provides very dense array structure and extremely low leakage power …