Sneak-path constraints in memristor crossbar arrays

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Abstract

In a memristor crossbar array, a memristor is positioned on each row-column intersection, and its resistance, low or high, represents two logical states. The state of every memristor can be sensed by the current flowing through the memristor. In this work, we study the sneak path problem in crossbars arrays, in which current can sneak through other cells, resulting in reading a wrong state of the memristor. Our main contributions are a new characterization of arrays free of sneak paths, and efficient methods to read the array cells while avoiding sneak paths. To each read method we match a constraint on the array content that guarantees sneak-path free readout, and calculate the resulting capacity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2013
Pages156-160
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event2013 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2013 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 7 Jul 201312 Jul 2013

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2013 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2013
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period7/07/1312/07/13

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Information Systems
  • Modelling and Simulation
  • Applied Mathematics

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