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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 4(59), p. 1136-1141, 2012

DOI: 10.1109/tns.2012.2195677

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Hardening Techniques for MRAM-Based Nonvolatile Latches and Logic

Journal article published in 2012 by Yahya Lakys ORCID, Weisheng S. Zhao, Jacques-Olivier Klein, Claude Chappert
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Abstract

Magnetic RAM (MRAM) is considered as a promising nonvolatile memory technology for aerospace and avionic electronics thanks to its intrinsic hardness to radiation. Data is stored on the spin direction “up” and “down” of electrons instead of positive and negative charge. Thanks to its fast speed, easy integration with CMOS and infinite endurance, MRAM has been proposed to build up nonvolatile latches and logic circuits to overcome the power challenge of conventional CMOS circuits. However, they are vulnerable to single event effects (SEE) due to their CMOS peripheral circuits. Hardening techniques to mitigate SEE are described in this paper. A new design of Radhard MRAM latch is firstly presented. TMR technique is then implemented on configurable logic block (CLB) to mitigate SET on data paths. By using 65 nm design kit and an MRAM compact model, hybrid simulations have been done to demonstrate the radiation hardness and performance.