Multi-Level Operation of Ferroelectric FET Memory Arrays for Compute-In-Memory Applications

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Contributors

  • Franz Muller - , Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Author)
  • Sourav De - , Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Author)
  • Maximilian Lederer - , Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Author)
  • Raik Hoffmann - , Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Author)
  • Ricardo Olivo - , Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Author)
  • Thomas Kampfe - , Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Author)
  • Konrad Seidel - , Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Author)
  • Tarek Ali - , Global Foundries Dresden (Author)
  • Halid Mulaosmanovic - , Global Foundries Dresden (Author)
  • Stefan Dunkel - , Global Foundries Dresden (Author)
  • Johannes Muller - , Global Foundries Dresden (Author)
  • Sven Beyer - , Global Foundries Dresden (Author)
  • Gerald Gerlach - , Chair of Solid State Electronics (Author)

Abstract

We report on the multi-level-cell (MLC) operation of AND-connected ferroelectric FET (FeFET) arrays and their suitability for Compute-in-Memory (CiM) applications. The switching behavior and device variation of FeFETs in a passive AND array test-structure configuration is investigated. From this, we derive suitable write schemes and inhibit schemes capable of protecting any FeFET state. This enables the MLC operation of the AND arrays, yielding a performance suitable for CiM applications. We investigate the impact of the obtained bit-error-rate (BER) of 4% in inference-only operation, which shows only a 1% degradation from the floating-point (FP) accuracy for CIFAR-10 datasets with LeNET.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 IEEE International Memory Workshop, IMW 2023 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages1-4
ISBN (electronic)9781665474597
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesIEEE International Memory Workshop (IMW)
ISSN2330-7978

Workshop

Title15th IEEE International Memory Workshop
Abbreviated titleIMW 2023
Conference number15
Duration21 - 24 May 2023
CityMonterey
CountryUnited States of America

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-7062-9598/work/174430555

Keywords

Keywords

  • array, FeFET, ferroelectric, memory, multilevel, neural network