160キロビットの分子電子メモリで,平方センチメートルあたり10~11ビットのパターンが描かれています

Jonathan E Green¹, Jang Wook Choi, Akram Boukai

¹Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and the Kavli Nanoscience Institute, Caltech, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.

Nature

|January 26, 2007

まとめ

研究者らは,ロタキサン分子を用いて16万ビット分子の電子メモリ回路を開発した. この突破は高密度を達成し,将来の統合回路技術への道を開く.

科学分野:

半導体技術は半導体技術である.
分子電子は分子電子である.
ナノテクノロジーナノテクノロジー

背景:

半導体進歩の主要なメトリックは,ダイナミック・ランダム・アクセス・メモリ (DRAM) 回路におけるワイヤピッチである.
現在のDRAM回路には140nmピッチのワイヤが搭載されており,将来のニーズにはより小さな寸法が必要です.
次世代統合回路の多くの要件には,既知の解決策がない.

研究の目的:

高密度の分子電子メモリ回路を実証する.
将来の集積回路のための分子電子学の可能性を探求する.
現在の半導体技術の限界に対処するために.

主な方法:

ビスタブル [2] ロタキサン分子の単層を用いた 160,000 ビットのメモリ回路の製造.
33 nmのピッチで10(11) ビットcm(-2) の密度を達成しました.
電子テストとソフトウェアのコーディングを使用して,欠陥ビットを特定し,分離しました.

主要な成果:

機能的なランダムアクセスメモリ回路が 0.0011 μm2.2 のセルサイズで作成されました.
回路の寸法は2020年のDRAM予測と類似しています.
テストとソフトウェアの分離を通じて,欠陥を成功裏に管理しました.

結論:

分子電子は,高密度のメモリ回路を作成するための実行可能な経路を提供します.
欠陥耐性アーキテクチャは,大規模分子電子機器の実現に不可欠です.
この研究は,将来の集積回路技術のためのスケーラブルなアプローチを示しています.

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