BEOL-compatible Non-Volatile Capacitive Synapse with ALD W-doped In2O3 Semiconductor Layer

  • Junmo Lee
  • , Chengyang Zhang
  • , Minji Shon
  • , James Read
  • , Sunbin Deng
  • , Omkar Phadke
  • , Prasanna Venkatesan Ravindran
  • , Mengkun Tian
  • , Yuan Chun Luo
  • , Tae Hyeon Kim
  • , Asif Islam Khan
  • , Suman Datta
  • , Shimeng Yu

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate BEOL-compatible metal-ferroelectric-semiconductor (MFS)-type non-volatile capacitive (nvCAP) synapse with atomic layer deposition (ALD)-grown W-doped In2O3 (IWO) as the semiconductor layer. For the first time, ALD with in-situ W doping technique is utilized for the In2O3 layer deposition. We propose W doping and overlap area engineering to achieve capacitance on/off ratio of ~24 under non-destructive read scheme (Vread = 0 V), a record value among reported BEOL-compatible capacitive synapses. Array-level performance benchmark of the compute-in-memory (CIM) hardware consisting of 3D scaled ALD IWO-based nvCAPs suggests 24.4× figure-of-merit (=TOPS/W×TOPS/mm2) improvement over state-of-the art resistive synapse thanks to dynamic-power only charge-domain computation and 3D BEOL integration.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2024 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, IEDM 2024
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9798350365429
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event2024 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, IEDM 2024 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 7 Dec 202411 Dec 2024

Publication series

NameTechnical Digest - International Electron Devices Meeting, IEDM
ISSN (Print)0163-1918

Conference

Conference2024 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, IEDM 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period7/12/2411/12/24

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