Title
A spin Hall effect-based multi-level cell for MRAM
Abstract
Multi-level cell (MLC) is an efficient solution to improve the storage density of the MRAM. However, the conventional spin transfer torque-based MLC (STT-MLC) suffers from the performance bottlenecks such as high write energy and complicated two-step operation. In this work, we propose a spin Hall effect-based MLC (SHE-MLC) to overcome these bottlenecks. In the SHE-MLC structure, the write current does not pass the MTJ, which avoids the barrier breakdown and reduces the write energy. Moreover, the written data is only dependent on the direction of the write current, thus the two-step operation is not required. Simulation results demonstrate that, under the same access transistor size, e.g. 600 nm, the proposed SHE-MLC can achieve 55× faster write operation and 58× lower write energy than the conventional STT-MLC.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1145/2950067.2950104
2016 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures (NANOARCH)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Magnetoresistive random access memory,multi-level cell,spin Hall effect,Non-volatile
Spin Hall effect,Multi-level cell,Computer science,Electronic engineering,Magnetoresistive random-access memory,Spin-transfer torque,Transistor,Electrical engineering
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2327-8218
978-1-4673-8927-3
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.39
2
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Qian Shi110.39
Zhaohao Wang282.25
Yuqian Gao350.86
Liang Chang410.39
Wang Kang516127.54
Youguang Zhang6217.75
Weisheng Zhao7730105.43