Design and simulation of a single-electron random-access memory array

I. Karafyllidis1
1Laboratory of Electrical and Electronic Materials Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

Tóm tắt

A single-electron random-access memory array is designed and its operation is analyzed using Monte Carlo simulation. This memory array utilizes a basic single-electron memory cell that has been recently fabricated. Bits of information are represented by the presence or absence of a single or a small number of electrons at conducting islands. Simulation shows that selective read and write operations can be performed in this memory array.

Từ khóa

#Single electron memory #Circuit simulation #Electron traps #Computational modeling #Computer simulation #Application software #CMOS technology #Read-write memory #Power dissipation #Inverters

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