Impact of Resistive-Open Defects on the Heat Current of TAS-MRAM Architectures - LIRMM - Laboratoire d’Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier
Conference Papers Year : 2012

Impact of Resistive-Open Defects on the Heat Current of TAS-MRAM Architectures

Abstract

Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM) is an emerging technology with the potential to become the universal on-chip memory. Among the existing MRAM technologies, the Thermally Assisted Switching (TAS) MRAM technology offers several advantages compared to the others technologies: selectivity, single magnetic field and integration density. As any other types of memory, TAS-MRAMs are prone to defects, so TAS-MRAM testing needs definitely to be investigated since only few papers can be found in the literature. In this paper we analyze the impact resistive-open defects on the heat current of a TAS-MRAM architecture. Electrical simulations were performed on a hypothetical 4×4 TAS-MRAM architecture enabling any read/write operations. Results show that W0 and/or W1 operations may be affected by the resistive-open defects. This study provides insights into the various types of TAS-MRAM defects and their behavior. As future work, we plan to utilize these analyses results to guide the test phase by providing effective test algorithm targeting fault related to actual defects that may affect TAS-MRAM architecture.
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lirmm-00689024 , version 1 (19-04-2012)

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João Azevedo, Arnaud Virazel, Alberto Bosio, Luigi Dilillo, Patrick Girard, et al.. Impact of Resistive-Open Defects on the Heat Current of TAS-MRAM Architectures. DATE 2012 - 15th Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, Mar 2012, Dresden, Germany. pp.532-537, ⟨10.1109/DATE.2012.6176526⟩. ⟨lirmm-00689024⟩
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