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Abstract | ||
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This paper proposes a novel logic device (SkyLogic) based on skyrmions that are magnetic vortex-like structures having low depinning current density and are robust to defects. A charge current sent through a polarizer ferromagnet (P-FM) nucleates a skyrmion at the input end of an intragate FM interconnect with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA-FM). The output end of the PMA-FM forms the free layer of an magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack. A spin Hall metal (SHM) is placed beneath the PMA-FM. The skyrmion is propagated to the output end of the PMA-FM by passing a charge current through the SHM. The resistance of the MTJ stack is low (high) when a skyrmion is present (absent) in the free layer, thereby realizing an inverter. A framework is developed to analyze the performance of the SkyLogic device. A circuit-level technique is developed that counters the transverse displacement of skyrmion in the PMA-FM and allows the use of high current densities for the fast propagation. The design space exploration of the PMA-FM material parameters is performed to obtain an optimal design point. At the optimal point, we obtain an inverter delay of 434 ps with a switching energy of 7.1 fJ. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2018 | 10.1109/TED.2019.2899263 | IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
Skyrmions,Magnetic tunneling,Inverters,Logic gates,Force,Transistors | Journal | 66 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
4 | 0018-9383 | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 0 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Meghna G. Mankalale | 1 | 0 | 0.68 |
| Zhengyang Zhao | 2 | 10 | 3.72 |
| jianping wang | 3 | 40 | 5.87 |
| Sachin Sapatnekar | 4 | 155 | 11.54 |