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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • Ferroelectric materials are being explored for novel computing paradigms.
  • In-memory computing (IMC) offers potential for accelerating machine learning (ML) workloads.
  • Existing ferroelectric devices face challenges in operating voltage, scaling, and computational accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the feasibility of Ferroelectric Capacitors (FeCaps) and Ferroelectric Field-Effect Transistors (FeFETs) as IMC elements.
  • To investigate device fabrication and propose system-algorithm co-design for enhanced performance.
  • To address limitations in capacitance ratios and improve computational accuracy in IMC.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a novel FeCap device with an interfacial layer (IL) and hafnium zirconium oxide (HZO).
  • Integration of FeCaps and FeFETs into crossbar arrays for IMC applications.
  • Development of a system-algorithm co-design approach to mitigate computational errors.
  • Implementation of a charge-based sensing scheme for FeFETs.

Main Results:

  • The novel FeCap design reduces operating voltage, enhances HZO scaling, and improves ferroelectricity and retention.
  • FeCaps and FeFETs in crossbar arrays demonstrate selector-less operation, improving energy efficiency and area utilization.
  • The co-design approach mitigated errors in multiply-and-accumulate (MAC) computations, achieving 81.7% accuracy on CIFAR-10 classification.
  • FeFETs outperformed FeCaps, and the charge-based sensing scheme reduced power consumption by an order of magnitude.

Conclusions:

  • Ferroelectric devices, particularly FeFETs, are viable for high-performance, energy-efficient in-memory computing.
  • System-algorithm co-design is crucial for overcoming device limitations and achieving high accuracy in ML tasks.
  • The proposed charge-based sensing scheme offers significant power savings for IMC applications.