Emerging Memory Researcher

Project

Work done for a product or program.

• Develop and characterise MTJ stacks for STT-MRAM and SOT-MRAM, optimising TMR ratio, switching current and thermal stability factor.
• Engineer filament formation and reset behaviour in OxRAM/CBRAM cells to tighten HRS/LRS distributions and reduce forming voltage.
• Characterise phase-change and selector (OTS) devices for drift, thermal disturb, crystallisation kinetics and read window over temperature.
• Qualify FeFET and FeRAM cells for retention, imprint, wake-up, fatigue and read-disturb across the full operating range.
• Design and analyse 1T1R, 1S1R and cross-point test arrays and extract bit-level statistical distributions with kilobit-to-megabit macros.
• Run high-temperature and voltage-accelerated retention and endurance stress and build Arrhenius/Weibull lifetime models.
• Co-optimise write and read schemes with circuit designers, including write-verify, termination and sense-amplifier margin budgets.
• Diagnose bit failures through failure analysis with TEM, EELS and nanoprobing to link electrical signatures to physical defects.
• Prepare embedded-memory IP qualification data for automotive-grade (AEC-Q100 Grade 1) and industrial temperature requirements.

Function

Work that keeps the discipline running: methods, tools, suppliers and people.

• Benchmark cell area, energy per bit, latency and endurance against SRAM, DRAM and NAND alternatives for the target application.

Project

1. Produce and hand over the role's key deliverables
   • Bit-cell specification with retention/endurance/variability envelope
   • Array-level statistical characterisation reports (kbit–Mbit macros)
   • Lifetime and reliability models with acceleration factors
   • Integration and thermal-budget constraint documents for the memory module
   • Memory technology benchmarking and down-selection package
2. Run research projectsGeneral
   • Define hypotheses and experiments
   • Build test structures or models
   • Analyse and report the results
3. Transfer resultsGeneral
   • Hand findings over to development
   • Support early adoption

Function

1. Stay currentGeneral
   • Review the literature
   • Work with universities and consortia
2. Protect and shareGeneral
   • File invention disclosures
   • Publish where allowed