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A 2.5-V, 1-Mb Ferroelectric Memory Design Based on PMOS-Gating Cell Structure  

Kim, Jung-Hyun (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University)
Chung, Yeonbae (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University)
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Abstract
In this paper, a FRAM design style based on PMOS-gating cell structure is described. The memory cell consists of a PMOS access transistor and a ferroelectric capacitor. Its plate is grounded. The proposed scheme employs three novel operating methods: 1) $V_{DD}$ precharged bitline, 2) negative-voltage wordline technique and 3) negative-pulse restore, Because this configuration doesn`t need the on-pitch plate control circuitry, it is effective in realizing cost-effective chip sizes. Implementation for a 2.5-V, 1-Mb FRAM prototype design in a $0.25-{\mu}m$, triple-well technology shows a chip size of $3.22\;mm^{2}$, an access time of 48 ns and an active current of 11 mA. The cell efficiency is 62.52 $\%$. It has gained approximately $20\;\%$ improvement in the cell array efficiency over the conventional plate-driven FRAM scheme.
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FRAM; memory; nonvolatile; ferroelectrics;
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