Testbench on a Chip: A Yield Test Vehicle for Resistive Memory Devices

Luke Upton1, Guenole Lallement1, Michael Scott1, Joyce Taylor2, Robert Radway1, Dennis Rich1, Mark Nelson3, Subhasish Mitra1, Boris Murmann1
1Stanford University, 2Intrinsix Corporation, 3SkyWater Technology


Abstract

In this presentation, I will review joint work with SkyWater and Intrinsix on the development of an RRAM yield test vehicle. The design integrates 8.8 Mb of RRAM together with control logic and read/write circuitry for parametric testing. All timing signals and analog bias voltages are generated on chip and are programmable via SPI, allowing the chip to interface with generic test equipment. A low-noise, offset compensated sense amplifier ensures high-fidelity readout across a conductance range from 3.3 to 425 microsiemens. Future work will look into open-sourcing this design for re-use by the community.