• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2017

Due to the recent advances in Phage-Change Memory (PCM) technologies, a new memory hierarchy of computer systems with PCM is expected to appear. In this paper, we present a new page replacement policy that adopts PCM as a high speed swap device. As PCM has limited write endurance, our goal is to minimize the amount of data written to PCM. To do so, we defer the eviction of dirty pages in proportion to their dirtiness. However, excessive preservation of dirty pages in memory may deteriorate the page fault rate, especially when the memory capacity is not enough to accommodate full working-set pages. Thus, our policy monitors the current working-set size of the system, and controls the deferring level of dirty pages not to degrade the system performances. Simulation experiments show that the proposed policy reduces the write traffic to PCM by 160% without performance degradations.

• 경영과학
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.171-182
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• 2009

We consider the inventory replenishment problem and the vehicle routing problem simultaneously in the vending machine operation. This problem is known as the inventory routing problem. We design a memory cell in the clonal selection algorithm. The memory cell store the best solution of previous solved problem and use an initial solution for next problem. In general, the other clonal selection algorithm used memory cell for reserving the best solution in current problem. Experiments are performed for testing efficiency of the memory cell in demand uncertainty. Experiment result shows that the solution quality of our algorithm is similar to general clonal selection algorithm and the calculations time is reduced by 20% when the demand uncertainty is less than 30%.

• 진공이야기
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.4-8
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• 2014

Since the modern computer architecture was suggested by Von Neumann in 1945, computer has become inevitable for our life. This brilliant growth of computer has been led by device miniaturization trend, so called Moore's law. Especially, the explosive growth of memory devices such as DRAM and Flash have played key role in huge enlarging utilization of computer. However, abrupt increase of data used for many applications in big data era provoke the excessive energy consumption of data center which results from the inefficiency of conventional memory-storage hierarchy. As a solution, the application of new memory devices has been brought up for innovative memory-storage hierarchy. In this paper, the current development status and prospect of new memory devices will be discussed.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.11.1-11.11
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• 2023

Memory T cells that mediate fast and effective protection against reinfections are usually generated upon recognition on foreign Ags. However, a "memory-like" T-cell population, termed virtual memory T (T_VM) cells that acquire a memory phenotype in the absence of foreign Ag, has been reported. Although, like innate cells, T_VM cells reportedly play a role in first-line defense to bacterial or viral infections, their protective or pathological roles in immune-related diseases are largely unknown. In this review, we discuss the current understanding of T_VM cells, focusing on their distinct characteristics, immunological properties, and roles in various immune-related diseases, such as infections and cancers.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.153-153
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• 2009

We investigated the dependence of the memory margin of the Cap-less memory cell on the strain of top silicon channel layer and also compared kink effect of strained Cap-less memory cell with the conventional Cap-less memory cell. For comparison of the characteristic of the memory margin of Cap-less memory cell on the strain channel layer, Cap-less transistors were fabricated on fully depleted strained silicon-on-insulator of 0.73-% tensile strain and conventional silicon-on-insulator substrate. The thickness of channel layer was fabricated as 40 nm to obtain optimal memory margin. We obtained the enhancement of 2.12 times in the memory margin of Cap-less memory cell on strained-silicon-on-insulator substrate, compared with a conventional SOI substrate. In particular, much higher D1 current of Cap-less memory cell was observed, resulted from a higher drain conductance of 2.65 times at the kink region, induced by the 1.7 times higher electron mobility in the strain channel than the conventional Cap-less memory cell at the effective field of 0.3MV/cm. Enhancement of memory margin supports the strained Cap-less memory cell can be promising substrate structures to improve the characteristics of Cap-less memory cell.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.2541-2547
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 대기 상태에서 저전력 eFuse OTP 메모리 IP틀 구현하기 위해 속도가 문제가 되지 않는 반복되는 블록 회로에서 1.2V 로직 트랜지스터 대신 누설 (off-leakage) 전류가작은 3.3V의 MV (Medium Voltage) 트랜지스터로 대체하는 설계기술을 제안하였다. 그리고 읽기 모드에서 RWL (Read Word-Line)과 BL의 기생하는 커패시턴스를 줄여 동작전류 소모를 줄이는 듀얼 포트 (Dual-Port) eFuse 셀을 사용하였다. 프로그램 전압에 대한 eFuse에 인가되는 프로그램 파워를 모의실험하기 위한 등가회로를 제안하였다. 하이닉스 90나노 CMOS 이미지 센서 공정을 이용하여 설계된 512비트 eFuse OTP 메모리 IP의 레이아웃 크기는 $342{\mu}m{\times}236{\mu}m$이며, 5V의 프로그램 전압에서 42개의 샘플을 측정한 결과 프로그램 수율은 97.6%로 양호한 특성을 얻었다. 그리고 최소 동작 전원 전압은 0.9V로 양호하게 측정되었다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제45권8호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 새로운 스위칭 방식인 LFS (Local Field Switching)을 이용하여 설계한 128비트 MRAM (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memo교)에 대해 기술하였다. LFS 방식은 MTJ (Magnetic Tunnel Junction)를 직접 통과해 흐르는 전류에 의해 형성되는 국소 자기장을 이용하여 MTJ의 극성을 변환시킨다. 이 방식은 MTJ와 전류의 거리가 가깝기 때문에 작은 전류로도 충분히 큰 자기장을 형성하므로 writing current가 적어도 된다. 또한 Digit Line이 없어도 되므로 half select disturbance가 발생하지 않아 기존 MTJ를 이용한 방식에 비해 셀 선택도가 우수하다. 설계한 MRAM은 IT(트랜지스터)-1MTJ의 메모리 셀 구조를 가지며 양방향 write driver와 mid-point reference cell block, current mode sense amplifier를 사용한다. 그리고 MTJ 공정 없이 회로 동작을 확인하기 위해 LFS-MTJ cell을 CMOS emulation cell로 대체하였다. 설계한 회로를 6 metal을 사용하는 $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS 공정으로 구현하였고 제작된 chip을 custom board 상에서 테스트하여 동작을 확인하였다.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.97-105
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• 2016

Microcontrollers (MCUs) for endpoint smart sensor devices of internet-of-thing (IoT) are being implemented as system-on-chip (SoC) with on-chip instruction flash memory, in which user firmware is embedded. MCUs directly fetch binary code-based instructions through bit-line sense amplifier (S/A) integrated with on-chip flash memory. The S/A compares bit cell current with reference current to identify which data are programmed. The S/A in reading '0' (erased) cell data consumes a large sink current, which is greater than off-current for '1' (programmed) cell data. The main motivation of our approach is to reduce the number of accesses of erased cells by binary code level transformation. This paper proposes a built-in write/read path architecture using binary code inversion method based on hot-spot region detection of instruction code access to reduce sensing current in S/A. From the profiling result of instruction access patterns, hot-spot region of an original compiled binary code is conditionally inverted with the proposed bit-inversion techniques. The de-inversion hardware only consumes small logic current instead of analog sink current in S/A and it is integrated with the conventional S/A to restore original binary instructions. The proposed techniques are applied to the fully-custom designed MCU with ARM Cortex-M0$^{TM}$ using 0.18um Magnachip Flash-embedded CMOS process and the benefits in terms of power consumption reduction are evaluated for Dhrystone$^{TM}$ benchmark. The profiling environment of instruction code executions is implemented by extending commercial ARM KEIL$^{TM}$ MDK (MCU Development Kit) with our custom-designed access analyzer.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제11권9호
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• pp.1717-1723
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 PLZT(10/30/70), PLT(10), PZT(30/70) 강유전체 박막을 이용한 quasi-MFISFET (Metal-Ferroelectric-Insulator-Semiconductor FET) 소자를 제작하여 드레인 전류 특성을 조사하였다. 이로부터, quasi-MHSFET 소자의 드레인 전류 크기가 강유전체 박막의 분극 크기에 따라 직접적인 영향을 받으며 결정된다는 사실을 알 수 있었다. 또, ${\pm}5V$ 와 ${\pm}10V$의 게이트 전압변화를 주었을 때 메모리 윈도우는 각각 0.5V 와 1.3V 이었고, 강유전체 박막에 인가되는 전압에 의해 만들어지는 항전압의 변동에 따라 메모리 윈도우가 변화된다는 사실을 확인할 수 있었다. MFISFET 소자의 retention 특성을 알아보기 위 해 PLZT(10/30/70) 박막의 전기장과 시간지연에 따른 누설전류 특성을 측정하여 전류밀도 상수 $J_{ETO}$, 전기장 의존 요소 K, 시간 의존 요소 m을 구하고, 이들 파라미터를 이용하여 시간에 따른 전하밀도의 변화를 정량적으로 분석하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.281.2-281.2
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• 2016

Two-dimensional van der Waals (2D vdWs) materials have been extensively studied for future electronics and materials sciences due to their unique properties. Among them, black phosphorous (BP) has shown infinite potential for various device applications because of its high mobility and direct narrow band gap (~0.3 eV). In this work, we demonstrate a few-nm thick BP-based nonvolatile memory devices with an well-known poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene) [P(VDF-TrFE)] ferroelectric polymer gate insulator. Our BP ferroelectric memory devices show the highest linear mobility value of $1159cm^2/Vs$ with a $10^3$ on/off current ratio in our knowledge. Moreover, we successfully fabricate the ferroelectric complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) memory inverter circuits, combined with an n-type $MoS_2$ nanosheet transistor. Our memory CMOS inverter circuits show clear memory properties with a high output voltage memory efficiency of 95%. We thus conclude that the results of our ferroelectric memory devices exhibit promising perspectives for the future of 2D nanoelectronics and material science. More and advanced details will be discussed in the meeting.