Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
  • Patent number: 12160529
    Abstract: A reconfigurable PUF device based on fully electric field-controlled domain wall motion includes a voltage control layer, upper electrodes, a lower electrode, antiferromagnetic pinning layers, and a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). The MTJ includes, from bottom to top, a ferromagnetic reference layer, a potential barrier tunneling layer and a ferromagnetic free layer. In the device, an energy potential well is formed in a middle portion of the ferromagnetic free layer by applying a voltage to the voltage control layer to control magnetic anisotropy, and a current is fed into either of the upper electrodes to drive generation of the magnetic domain walls and pin the magnetic domain walls to the potential well. After the voltage is removed, the potential well is lowered so that the magnetic domain walls are in a metastable state, thereby either a high resistance state or a low resistance state is randomly obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guozhong Xing, Huai Lin, Di Wang, Long Liu, Kaiping Zhang, Guanya Wang, Yan Wang, Xiaoxin Xu, Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 12154609
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive memory cell includes a first magnetic tunnel junction, a second magnetic tunnel junction and a metal layer. The first magnetic tunnel junction and the second magnetic tunnel junction each are disposed on the metal layer; the metal layer is configured to pass write current, a projection line of an easy axis of the first magnetic tunnel junction on a plane where the metal layer is located forms a first angle against a direction of the write current, and a projection line of an easy axis of the second magnetic tunnel junction on the plane where the metal layer is located forms a second angle against a direction opposite to the direction of the write current; the first angle and the second angle are all less than 90°; the first magnetic tunnel junction and the second magnetic tunnel junction are configured to pass read current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guozhong Xing, Long Liu, Di Wang, Huai Lin, Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 12119199
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a power device including at least one vacuum packaged unit structure. The unit structure comprises a silicon substrate (100) and an emitter (200), a light modulator (300) and a collector (400) formed on the silicon substrate (100). On the one hand, the unified silicon-based process is compatible with the existing commercial process, so that it is easy for integration, simple for manufacture, and low in cost; on the other hand, the light modulator (300) is introduced and formed on the silicon substrate by a silicon-based process, which enhances field emission efficiency of the emitter (200), offsets the inconsistency of distances between the tips of the emitters (200) and the collector (400) caused by unevenness of the emitters, and increases the process redundancy of the cold cathode emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Fazhan Zhao, Jianhui Bu, Jiajun Luo
  • Patent number: 12107974
    Abstract: An encryption method includes: receiving cipher data which is binary data; determining target components in a resistive memory array according to values of respective bits in the cipher data; determining current values generated by respective columns of components according to the target components; and generating key data according to the current values generated by the respective columns of components. The present disclosure can effectively reduce computing power and power consumption of an encryption process in an edge device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Feng Zhang, Yiming Wang, Qirui Ren
  • Publication number: 20240305479
    Abstract: An encryption method includes: receiving cipher data which is binary data; determining target components in a resistive memory array according to values of respective bits in the cipher data; determining current values generated by respective columns of components according to the target components; and generating key data according to the current values generated by the respective columns of components. The present disclosure can effectively reduce computing power and power consumption of an encryption process in an edge device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Feng ZHANG, Yiming WANG, Qirui REN
  • Patent number: 12002509
    Abstract: A data readout circuit of a RRAM includes: an adaptive current sense amplifier (CSA) and a reference current generator, the adaptive CSA is configured to electrically connect to the RRAM, and the adaptive CSA is electrically connected to the reference current generator; the reference current generator is configured to generate a basic reference current; the adaptive CSA is configured to obtain a reference current according to the basic reference current and a bit-line current of the RRAM; and the adaptive CSA is configured to compare the size of the reference current and that of the bit-line current so as to read out stored data. The present disclosure can improve the problem of data readout error due to the degradation of high resistance state of the RRAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Feng Zhang, Qirui Ren
  • Publication number: 20240153554
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a data readout circuit of a RRAM and a RRAM circuit. The data readout circuit of the RRAM comprises: an adaptive current sense amplifier (CSA) and a reference current generator, the adaptive CSA is configured to electrically connect to the RRAM, and the adaptive CSA is electrically connected to the reference current generator; the reference current generator is configured to generate a basic reference current; the adaptive CSA is configured to obtain a reference current according to the basic reference current and a bit-line current of the RRAM; and the adaptive CSA is configured to compare the size of the reference current and that of the bit-line current so as to read out stored data. The present disclosure can improve the problem of data readout error due to the degradation of high resistance state of the RRAM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Feng ZHANG, Qirui REN
  • Patent number: 11922257
    Abstract: A signal processing method is applied to an RFID electronic tag, and includes: coding a digital baseband signal to obtain a coded signal; performing phase-shift keying modulation on the coded signal to obtain a first modulated signal; performing OFDM modulation on the first modulated signal to obtain a second modulated signal; and sending the second modulated signal to an RFID reader, by means of which the OFDM demodulation, phase-shift keying demodulation, and decoding are performed sequentially on the second modulated signal. According to the signal processing method and device, and the RFID system of one or more embodiments of present disclosure, the RFID system can be caused to effectively utilize bandwidth, thereby achieving high-speed transmission of signals and significantly reducing a bit error ratio of signal transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Feng Zhang, Zhisheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11893271
    Abstract: A computing-in-memory circuit includes a Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) array and a peripheral circuit. The RRAM array comprises a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array pattern, and each memory cell is configured to store a data of L bits, L being an integer not less than 2. The peripheral circuit is configured to, in a storage mode, write more than one convolution kernels into the RRAM array, and in a computation mode, input elements that need to be convolved in a pixel matrix into the RRAM array and read a current of each column of memory cells, wherein each column of memory cells stores one convolution kernel correspondingly, and one element of the convolution kernel is stored in one memory cell correspondingly, and one element of the pixel matrix is correspondingly input into a word line that a row of memory cells connect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Feng Zhang, Renjun Song
  • Publication number: 20240005974
    Abstract: A self-reference storage structure includes: three transistors, including a first transistor T1, a second transistor T2, and a third transistor T3; and two magnetic tunnel junctions, including a first magnetic tunnel junction MTJ0 and a second magnetic tunnel junction MTJ1. The first magnetic tunnel junction MTJ0 is connected in series between the first transistor T1 and the second transistor T2, and the second magnetic tunnel junction MTJ1 is connected in series between the second transistor T2 and the third transistor T3. When the first transistor T1, the second transistor T2 and the third transistor T3 are turned on, one-bit binary information is written; and when data is stored, one-bit binary write can be implemented only by applying an unidirectional current pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guozhong XING, Huai LIN, Yu LIU, Kaiping ZHANG, Kangwei ZHANG, Hangbing LV, Changqing XIE, Qi LIU, Ling LI, Ming LIU
  • Patent number: 11790968
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a spintronic device, a SOT-MRAM storage cell, a storage array and a in-memory computing circuit. The spintronic device includes a ferroelectric/ferromagnetic heterostructure, a magnetic tunnel junction, and a heavy metal layer between the ferroelectric/ferromagnetic heterostructure and the magnetic tunnel junction; the ferroelectric/ferromagnetic heterostructure includes a multiferroic material layer and a ferromagnetic layer arranged in a stacked manner, and the magnetic tunnel junction includes a free layer, an insulating layer and a reference layer arranged in a stacked manner, and the heavy metal layer is disposed between the ferromagnetic layer and the free layer. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, the spintronic device, the SOT-MRAM storage cell, the storage array and the in-memory computing circuit can realize deterministic magnetization inversion under the condition of no applied field assistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guozhong Xing, Huai Lin, Cheng Lu, Qi Liu, Hangbing Lv, Ling Li, Ming Liu
  • Publication number: 20230140784
    Abstract: A signal processing method is applied to an RFID electronic tag, and includes: coding a digital baseband signal to obtain a coded signal; performing phase-shift keying modulation on the coded signal to obtain a first modulated signal; performing OFDM modulation on the first modulated signal to obtain a second modulated signal; and sending the second modulated signal to an RFID reader, by means of which the OFDM demodulation, phase-shift keying demodulation, and decoding are performed sequentially on the second modulated signal. According to the signal processing method and device, and the RFID system of one or more embodiments of present disclosure, the RFID system can be caused to effectively utilize bandwidth, thereby achieving high-speed transmission of signals and significantly reducing a bit error ratio of signal transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Feng ZHANG, Zhisheng CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230124011
    Abstract: A reconfigurable PUF device based on fully electric field-controlled domain wall motion includes a voltage control layer, upper electrodes, a lower electrode, antiferromagnetic pinning layers, and a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). The MTJ includes, from bottom to top, a ferromagnetic reference layer, a potential barrier tunneling layer and a ferromagnetic free layer. In the device, an energy potential well is formed in a middle portion of the ferromagnetic free layer by applying a voltage to the voltage control layer to control magnetic anisotropy, and a current is fed into either of the upper electrodes to drive generation of the magnetic domain walls and pin the magnetic domain walls to the potential well. After the voltage is removed, the potential well is lowered so that the magnetic domain walls are in a metastable state, thereby either a high resistance state or a low resistance state is randomly obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guozhong XING, Huai LIN, Di WANG, Long LIU, Kaiping ZHANG, Guanya WANG, Yan WANG, Xiaoxin XU, Ming LIU
  • Publication number: 20230104404
    Abstract: A computing-in-memory circuit includes a Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) array and a peripheral circuit. The RRAM array comprises a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array pattern, and each memory cell is configured to store a data of L bits, L being an integer not less than 2. The peripheral circuit is configured to, in a storage mode, write more than one convolution kernels into the RRAM array, and in a computation mode, input elements that need to be convolved in a pixel matrix into the RRAM array and read a current of each column of memory cells, wherein each column of memory cells stores one convolution kernel correspondingly, and one element of the convolution kernel is stored in one memory cell correspondingly, and one element of the pixel matrix is correspondingly input into a word line that a row of memory cells connect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Feng ZHANG, Renjun SONG
  • Publication number: 20230046423
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive memory cell includes a first magnetic tunnel junction, a second magnetic tunnel junction and a metal layer. The first magnetic tunnel junction and the second magnetic tunnel junction each are disposed on the metal layer; the metal layer is configured to pass write current, a projection line of an easy axis of the first magnetic tunnel junction on a plane where the metal layer is located forms a first angle against a direction of the write current, and a projection line of an easy axis of the second magnetic tunnel junction on the plane where the metal layer is located forms a second angle against a direction opposite to the direction of the write current; the first angle and the second angle are all less than 90°; the first magnetic tunnel junction and the second magnetic tunnel junction are configured to pass read current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guozhong XING, Long LIU, Di WANG, Huai LIN, Ming LIU
  • Publication number: 20230015379
    Abstract: A HfO2-based ferroelectric capacitor and a preparation method therefor, and a HfO2-based ferroelectric memory, relating to the technical field of microelectronics. The purpose of enlarging the memory window of the ferroelectric memory is achieved by inserting an Al2O3 intercalation layer having a coefficient of thermal expansion smaller than TiN between a dielectric layer and an upper electrode (TiN) of the ferroelectric capacitor. The HfO2-based ferroelectric capacitor comprises a substrate layer, a lower electrode, a dielectric layer, an Al2O3 intercalation layer, an upper electrode and a metal protection layer from bottom to top. The memory window can be increased, information misreading is effectively prevented, and therefore, the reliability of the memory is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Qing Luo, Pengfei JIANG, Hangbing LV, Yuan Wang, Ming Liu
  • Publication number: 20220328275
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a power device including at least one vacuum packaged unit structure. The unit structure comprises a silicon substrate (100) and an emitter (200), a light modulator (300) and a collector (400) formed on the silicon substrate (100). On the one hand, the unified silicon-based process is compatible with the existing commercial process, so that it is easy for integration, simple for manufacture, and low in cost; on the other hand, the light modulator (300) is introduced and formed on the silicon substrate by a silicon-based process, which enhances field emission efficiency of the emitter (200), offsets the inconsistency of distances between the tips of the emitters (200) and the collector (400) caused by unevenness of the emitters, and increases the process redundancy of the cold cathode emitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Fazhan ZHAO, Jianhui BU, Jiajun LUO
  • Publication number: 20220320424
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a selector and a preparation method thereof. The selector includes: a substrate 1; an alternating layer 2 provided on the substrate 1, the alternating layer 2 being alternately formed by a bottom electrode layer 21 and an insulating layer 22; the alternating layer 2 is provided with a U-shaped groove; a selective layer 3 and a dielectric layer 4 being sequentially deposited in a direction from an inner wall of the U-shaped groove to a center of the U-shaped groove; and a top electrode layer 5 is filled in a concave space defined by the dielectric layer 4. The selector and the preparation method according to one or more embodiments of the disclosure can address the technical problem of high leakage current of the selector in existing technology and provide a selector with low leakage current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Qing LUO, Yaxin DING, Hangbing LV, Ming LIU
  • Publication number: 20220310146
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a spintronic device, a SOT-MRAM storage cell, a storage array and a in-memory computing circuit. The spintronic device includes a ferroelectric/ferromagnetic heterostructure, a magnetic tunnel junction, and a heavy metal layer between the ferroelectric/ferromagnetic heterostructure and the magnetic tunnel junction; the ferroelectric/ferromagnetic heterostructure includes a multiferroic material layer and a ferromagnetic layer arranged in a stacked manner, and the magnetic tunnel junction includes a free layer, an insulating layer and a reference layer arranged in a stacked manner, and the heavy metal layer is disposed between the ferromagnetic layer and the free layer. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, the spintronic device, the SOT-MRAM storage cell, the storage array and the in-memory computing circuit can realize deterministic magnetization inversion under the condition of no applied field assistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guozhong XING, Huai LIN, Cheng LU, Qi LIU, Hangbing LV, Ling LI, Ming LIU
  • Publication number: 20220261621
    Abstract: Disclosed are an artificial sensory nervous circuit and a manufacturing method thereof. The artificial sensory nervous circuit includes a sensor (S), a first memristor (RS), and a neuron circuit, where the first memristor (RS) has a unidirectional resistance characteristic. The sensor (S) is configured to sensing an external signal and generating an excitation signal according to the external signal. The first memristor (RS) is configured to generating a response signal according to the excitation signal. The neuron circuit is configured to perform charging and discharging according to the response signal so as to output a pulse signal. With the artificial sensory nervous circuit and the manufacturing method thereof, sensitivity and habituation characteristics of biological perception are realized by using a simple circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Qi LIU, Zuheng WU, Tuo SHI, Ming LIU, Hangbing LV, Xumeng ZHANG, Wei WANG