Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Micro Ferroelectronics for Devices and Systems: microFeDS

规划资助：微铁电子器件与系统工程研究中心：microFeDS

• 批准号: 2123863
• 负责人: Santosh Kurinec
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Rochester Institute of Tech
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-08-15 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2123863&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; Grant; Engineering; Research; Center

AbstractNontechnical Description The project aims to address the rising energy consumption of computing that is posing an existential crisis with super exponential growth of data, computing and communications. The genesis of the current digital revolution started with silicon-based digital technology and has ushered in unprecedented progress over the past five decades. However, as information systems transform to a data-centric paradigm, it motivates a comprehensive rethinking of the fundamental nature of computing platforms- from materials-to-systems. For instance, unlike traditional computers that separate memory storage and computing processes, realizing new computing platforms such as cognitive systems, explainable artificial intelligence, communication systems, etc., would benefit from converging them together, resulting in orders-of-magnitude improvement in energy efficiency and performance. The recent progress in developing highly scalable, and process technology compatible ferroelectric materials provides a promising pathway to developing this infrastructure for the next generation of information processing platforms. The objective of this planning grant is to consolidate this vision to enable setting up an Engineering Research Center that can facilitate across-the-stack innovations to facilitate such systems. Researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology, the State University of New York, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Virginia, with complementary expertise- ranging from devices to systems and computing algorithms, will integrate these strengths to lay the foundation for a center to realize the next generation of computing hardware infrastructure. The center also aims to create mid-scale research infrastructure for training the future generation of scientists & engineers to expand the semiconductor workforce for imminent societal needs in energy efficient computing, security and healthcare.Technical DescriptionA unified logic and memory technology platform provides a promising pathway to overcome the challenges of conventional computing platforms arising from the Moore’s law scaling slowing down, and the memory bottleneck of the von Neumann architecture. The ultra-low energy, non-volatile polarization switching in new highly scaled ferroelectrics is a promising route the realize the power, performance, area, and cost benefits of such a unified technology platform. We propose to conceptualize a Center for Micro Ferroelectronic Devices and Systems (microFeDS) that will create the infrastructure dedicated to performing a comprehensive research effort that will span from designing, growth and integration of ferroelectric materials, fabrication of ferroelectronic devices, circuits and systems. Besides application of such platforms in computing, we will also explore the synergies of various aspects of this technology in other areas such as microwaves, ferro photonics, microfluidics, sensors, and energy harvesting. Planning activities will entail cultivating collaborations with government, academics, national labs, industry technologists, international institutes, and educators to enable the integration of ferroelectronic devices with new functionalities on to the existing electronic platform. The major grant activities include: 1) establish mission and grand vision of the Center; 2) identify external partners and invite them to collaborate in the planning of the Center; 3) define goals, objectives and metrics for the Center; 4) conduct joint meeting to unveil the mission, where involved parties will present their technical work in the context of technological contributions and broader impacts; 5) writing a compelling proposal; and 6) proposal review and submission.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

摘要非技术描述该项目旨在解决不断上升的计算能源消耗，随着数据、计算和通信的超级指数增长，计算能源消耗正在构成生存危机。当前数字革命的起源始于基于硅的数字技术，在过去的50年里迎来了前所未有的进步。然而，随着信息系统向以数据为中心的范式转变，它促使人们全面重新思考计算平台的根本性质--从材料到系统。例如，与将内存存储和计算过程分开的传统计算机不同，实现认知系统、可解释人工智能、通信系统等新的计算平台将受益于将它们融合在一起，从而导致能效和性能的数量级提高。在开发高度可扩展、与工艺技术兼容的铁电材料方面的最新进展为为下一代信息处理平台开发这一基础设施提供了一条很有前途的途径。这项规划拨款的目标是巩固这一愿景，以便能够建立一个工程研究中心，促进跨堆栈创新，以促进此类系统。来自罗切斯特理工学院、纽约州立大学、宾夕法尼亚大学和弗吉尼亚大学的研究人员拥有从设备到系统和计算算法的互补专业知识，将整合这些优势，为中心实现下一代计算硬件基础设施奠定基础。该中心还旨在创建中型研究基础设施，以培训未来一代科学家和工程师，以扩大半导体劳动力，满足社会在节能计算、安全和医疗方面的迫在眉睫的需求。技术说明统一的逻辑和存储技术平台提供了一条有希望的途径，以克服因摩尔定律放缓而产生的传统计算平台的挑战，以及冯·诺伊曼体系结构的存储瓶颈。超低能量、非易失性极化开关是实现这种统一技术平台的功率、性能、面积和成本效益的一条很有前途的途径。我们建议构思一个微铁电子设备和系统中心(MicroFeDS)，该中心将创建致力于执行全面研究工作的基础设施，这些工作将涵盖铁电材料的设计、生长和集成、铁电设备、电路和系统的制造。除了这些平台在计算中的应用外，我们还将探索这项技术在其他领域的各个方面的协同效应，如微波、铁光子学、微流体、传感器和能量收集。规划活动将需要与政府、学者、国家实验室、行业技术专家、国际研究所和教育工作者开展合作，以便能够将具有新功能的铁电子器件集成到现有的电子平台上。主要的赠款活动包括：1)建立中心的使命和宏伟愿景；2)确定外部合作伙伴并邀请他们合作规划中心；3)确定中心的目标、目的和衡量标准；4)召开联席会议公布使命，相关各方将在技术贡献和更广泛影响的背景下介绍他们的技术工作；5)撰写引人注目的提案；以及6)提案审查和提交。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Analog content-addressable memory from complementary FeFETs

来自互补 FeFET 的模拟内容寻址存储器

• DOI: 10.1016/j.device.2023.100218
• 发表时间: 2024
• 期刊: Device
• 作者: Liu, Xiwen;Katti, Keshava;He, Yunfei;Jacob, Paul;Richter, Claudia;Schroeder, Uwe;Kurinec, Santosh;Chaudhari, Pratik;Jariwala, Deep
• 通讯作者: Jariwala, Deep

A Comparative Study of n- and p-Channel FeFETs with Ferroelectric HZO Gate Dielectric

• DOI: 10.3390/solids4040023
• 发表时间: 2023-12-01
• 期刊: SOLIDS
• 作者: Jacob，Paul;Patil，Pooja C.;Kurinec，Santosh
• 通讯作者: Kurinec，Santosh