05 Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
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Item Open Access Nontraditional design of dynamic logics using FDSOI for ultra-efficient computing(2023) Kumar, Shubham; Chatterjee, Swetaki; Dabhi, Chetan Kumar; Chauhan, Yogesh Singh; Amrouch, HussamItem Open Access Modeling and investigating total ionizing dose impact on FeFET(2023) Sayed, Munazza; Ni, Kai; Amrouch, HussamItem Open Access Thermal effects on monolithic 3D ferroelectric transistors for deep neural networks performance(2024) Kumar, Shubham; Chauhan, Yogesh Singh; Amrouch, HussamMonolithic three‐dimensional (M3D) integration advances integrated circuits by enhancing density and energy efficiency. Ferroelectric thin‐film transistors (Fe‐TFTs) attract attention for neuromorphic computing and back‐end‐of‐the‐line (BEOL) compatibility. However, M3D faces challenges like increased runtime temperatures due to limited heat dissipation, impacting system reliability. This work demonstrates the effect of temperature impact on single‐gate (SG) Fe‐TFT reliability. SG Fe‐TFTs have limitations such as read‐disturbance and small memory windows, constraining their use. To mitigate these, dual‐gate (DG) Fe‐TFTs are modeled using technology computer‐aided design, comparing their performance. Compute‐in‐memory (CIM) architectures with SG and DG Fe‐TFTs are investigated for deep neural networks (DNN) accelerators, revealing heat's detrimental effect on reliability and inference accuracy. DG Fe‐TFTs exhibit about 4.6x higher throughput than SG Fe‐TFTs. Additionally, thermal effects within the simulated M3D architecture are analyzed, noting reduced DNN accuracy to 81.11% and 67.85% for SG and DG Fe‐TFTs, respectively. Furthermore, various cooling methods and their impact on CIM system temperature are demonstrated, offering insights for efficient thermal management strategies.Item Open Access Cryogenic embedded system to support quantum computing : from 5-nm FinFET to full processor(2023) Genssler, Paul R.; Klemme, Florian; Parihar, Shivendra Singh; Brandhofer, Sebastian; Pahwa, Girish; Polian, Ilia; Chauhan, Yogesh Singh; Amrouch, HussamItem Open Access All-in-memory brain-inspired computing using FeFET synapses(2022) Thomann, Simon; Nguyen, Hong L. G.; Genssler, Paul R.; Amrouch, HussamThe separation of computing units and memory in the computer architecture mandates energy-intensive data transfers creating the von Neumann bottleneck. This bottleneck is exposed at the application level by the steady growth of IoT and data-centric deep learning algorithms demanding extraordinary throughput. On the hardware level, analog Processing-in-Memory (PiM) schemes are used to build platforms that eliminate the compute-memory gap to overcome the von Neumann bottleneck. PiM can be efficiently implemented with ferroelectric transistors (FeFET), an emerging non-volatile memory technology. However, PiM and FeFET are heavily impacted by process variation, especially in sub 14 nm technology nodes, reducing the reliability and thus inducing errors. Brain-inspired Hyperdimensional Computing (HDC) is robust against such errors. Further, it is able to learn from very little data cutting energy-intensive transfers. Hence, HDC, in combination with PiM, tackles the von Neumann bottleneck at both levels. Nevertheless, the analog nature of PiM schemes necessitates the conversion of results to digital, which is often not considered. Yet, the conversion introduces large overheads and diminishes the PiM efficiency. In this paper, we propose an all-in-memory scheme performing computation and conversion at once, utilizing programmable FeFET synapses to build the comparator used for the conversion. Our experimental setup is first calibrated against Intel 14 nm FinFET technology for both transistor electrical characteristics and variability. Then, a physics-based model of ferroelectric is included to realize the Fe-FinFETs. Using this setup, we analyze the circuit’s susceptibility to process variation, derive a comprehensive error probability model, and inject it into the inference algorithm of HDC. The robustness of HDC against noise and errors is able to withstand the high error probabilities with a loss of merely 0.3% inference accuracy.Item Open Access Cryogenic in-memory computing for quantum processors using commercial 5-nm FinFETs(2023) Parihar, Shivendra Singh; Thomann, Simon; Pahwa, Girish; Chauhan, Yogesh Singh; Amrouch, HussamItem Open Access Printed temperature sensor array for high-resolution thermal mapping(2022) Bücher, Tim; Huber, Robert; Eschenbaum, Carsten; Mertens, Adrian; Lemmer, Uli; Amrouch, HussamFully-printed temperature sensor arrays - based on a flexible substrate and featuring a high spatial-temperature resolution - are immensely advantageous across a host of disciplines. These range from healthcare, quality and environmental monitoring to emerging technologies, such as artificial skins in soft robotics. Other noteworthy applications extend to the fields of power electronics and microelectronics, particularly thermal management for multi-core processor chips. However, the scope of temperature sensors is currently hindered by costly and complex manufacturing processes. Meanwhile, printed versions are rife with challenges pertaining to array size and sensor density. In this paper, we present a passive matrix sensor design consisting of two separate silver electrodes that sandwich one layer of sensing material, composed of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS). This results in appreciably high sensor densities of 100 sensor pixels per cm 2for spatial-temperature readings, while a small array size is maintained. Thus, a major impediment to the expansive application of these sensors is efficiently resolved. To realize fast and accurate interpretation of the sensor data, a neural network (NN) is trained and employed for temperature predictions. This successfully accounts for potential crosstalk between adjacent sensors. The spatial-temperature resolution is investigated with a specially-printed silver micro-heater structure. Ultimately, a fairly high spatial temperature prediction accuracy of 1.22 °C is attained.