Ferroelectric Memory Research Group (FMRG) at the University of Toronto:

This page is designed to provide you with the most recent information on Ferroelectric Memory Research Group (FMRG) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. Also, to promote interactions with other ferroelectric research groups in the world. We would be happy to add a link to your page if your research group is active in this area.

FMRG has been active in circuit design and behavioral modeling of ferroelectric capacitors for nonvolatile memories.

For a survey of circuit innovations in ferroelectric memories, refer to the following article:

[Univ. of Toronto] Ali Sheikholeslami and P. Glenn Gulak, A survey of circuit innovations in Ferroelectric random-access memories, Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 88, No. 3, pp. 667-689, May 2000. pdf file .

For our recent modeling work, please refer to the following article:

A. Sheikholeslami,P. G. Gulak, H. Takauchi, H. Tamura, H. Yoshioka, and T. Tamura, A pulse-based, parallel-element macromodel for ferroelectric capacitors, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 784-791, July 2000. pdf file .

Circuit Design:

Our recent designs include a 16kb, 2T-2C FeRAM, and a 16kb, 1T-1C FeRAM, both in 0.35um CMOS+ferro technology, fabricated by Fujitsu Laboratories of Japan.

Behavioral Modeling:

We have proposed a ferroelectric capacitor macromodel for FeRAM circuit simulations. The model, called Zero Switching-Time Transient Model (ZSTT), is used with HSPICE .

Publications:

[Univ. of Toronto] Ali Sheikholeslami and P. Glenn Gulak, A survey of circuit innovations in Ferroelectric random-access memories, Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 88, No. 3, pp. 667-689, May 2000. pdf file .

A. Sheikholeslami,P. G. Gulak, H. Takauchi, H. Tamura, H. Yoshioka, and T. Tamura, A pulse-based, parallel-element macromodel for ferroelectric capacitors, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 784-791, July 2000. pdf file .

[Univ. of Toronto] Ali Sheikholeslami and P. Glenn Gulak, A survey of behavioral modeling of ferroelectric capacitors, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 917-924, July 1997. Postscript.

[Univ. of Toronto] Ali Sheikholeslami and P. Glenn Gulak, Transient modeling of ferroelectric capacitors for nonvolatile memories, IEEE Transactions on Ultrosonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 450-456, May 1996. Postscript.

[Univ. of Toronto] Ali Sheikholeslami, P. Glenn Gulak, and Takahiro Hanyu, A multiple-valued ferroelectric content-addressable memory, Proc. of the 26th int. symp. on multiple-valued logic, pp. 74-79, May 1996. Postscript.

[Univ. of Toronto] Steven W. Wood, Ferroelectric Memory Design, M.A.Sc. Thesis, 1992.


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