Issue |
Natl Sci Open
Volume 2, Number 4, 2023
Special Topic: Two-dimensional Materials and Devices
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Article Number | 20220071 | |
Number of page(s) | 11 | |
Section | Information Sciences | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1360/nso/20220071 | |
Published online | 29 June 2023 |
RESEARCH ARTICLE
2T1C DRAM based on semiconducting MoS2 and semimetallic graphene for in-memory computing
1
State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Shanghai 200433, China
2
Shenzhen Six Carbon Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
* Corresponding authors (emails: baowz@fudan.edu.cn (Wenzhong Bao); xieyf@fudan.edu.cn (Yufeng Xie); pengzhou@fudan.edu.cn (Peng Zhou))
Received:
30
December
2022
Revised:
20
March
2023
Accepted:
7
April
2023
In-memory computing is an alternative method to effectively accelerate the massive data-computing tasks of artificial intelligence (AI) and break the memory wall. In this work, we propose a 2T1C DRAM structure for in-memory computing. It integrates a monolayer graphene transistor, a monolayer MoS2 transistor, and a capacitor in a two-transistor-one-capacitor (2T1C) configuration. In this structure, the storage node is in a similar position to that of one-transistor-one-capacitor (1T1C) dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), while an additional graphene transistor is used to accomplish the non-destructive readout of the stored information. Furthermore, the ultralow leakage current of the MoS2 transistor enables the storage of multi-level voltages on the capacitor with a long retention time. The stored charges can effectually tune the channel conductance of the graphene transistor due to its excellent linearity so that linear analog multiplication can be realized. Because of the almost unlimited cycling endurance of DRAM, our 2T1C DRAM has great potential for in situ training and recognition, which can significantly improve the recognition accuracy of neural networks.
Key words: molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) / graphene / DRAM / in-memory computing
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