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RESEARCH ON NONVOLATILE FERROELECTRIC RAMS

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Navy 		Award ID:
6509 		Program Year/Program:
1988 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
6509 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Symetrix Corp.
5055 Mark Dabling Blvd Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80918
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 1988
Title: RESEARCH ON NONVOLATILE FERROELECTRIC RAMS
Agency / Branch: DOD / NAVY
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $449,000.00
 

Abstract:

MEASUREMENTS OF THE HYSTERESIS CHARACTERISTICS AND SWITCHING KINETICS WILL BE MADE ON THREE FERROELECTRIC THIN-FILM MEMORY MATERIALS: LEAD GERMANATE WITH 0 TO 10% SILICON (PB[5]GE[3-X]SI[X]O[11]); BISMOTH TITANATE (BI[4]TI[3]O[12]); AND POTASSIUM NITRATE (KNO[3]). EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED IN DETERMINING THE RATE-LIMITING PARAMETER FOR SWITCHING (E.G., SIDEWAYS DOMAIN WALL SPEED IN THE CASE OF KNO[3]), DEPENDENCE OF SWITCHING TIMES UPON FILM THICKNESS, CELL AREA, AND EXTERNAL LOAD. IN KNO(3) IT IS KNOWN THAT THERE IS A MINIMUM IN THE DEPENDENCEOF SWITCHING VOLTAGE UPON THICKNESS WITH A THICKNESS WINDOW OF 65 TO 800 NM OVER WHICH SWITCHING VOLTAGES LIE BELOW A 4.5V (THE STANDARD TTL/CMOS LOGIC LEVELS FOR SILICON INTEGRATED CIRCUITS). THIS THICKNESS DEPENDENCE WILL BE DETERMINED FOR PB(5)GE(3-X)SI(X)O(11) AND BI(4)TI(3)O(12) IN THE PRESENT WORK. IN THE CASE OF THE LEAD GERMANATE ALLOYS, THE ADDITION OF SILICON IS PROPOSED TO ELIMINATE (OR AT LEAST MINIMIZE) THE PROBLEM OF LEAKAGE CURRENT IN THE MEMORY CELLS. FATIGUE STUDIED WILL BE MADE WITH EMPHASIS UPON THE THEORETICAL MODEL OF SROLOVITZ. SWITCHING TIMES DEMONSTRATED BY THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS OF THIS PROPOSAL FOR KNO(3) THIN-FILM MEMORIES ARE ALREADY NEARLY WITHIN THE LIMITS REQUESTED IN THE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:1.6 TO 1.8V THRESHOLD AND A 20 NS SWITCHING TIME AT 6 TO 9V.

Principal Investigator:

Carlos Pas De Araujo
3035286799

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Symetrix Corp.
215 E Sunbird Cliffs Ln Colorado Springs, CO 80907

EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No