Hybrid CMOS/magnetic Process Design Kit and SOT-based non-volatile standard cell architectures

Abstract

This paper gives an overview of hybrid CMOS/magnetic logic circuit design. We describe the magnetic devices, the expected advantages of using them beside CMOS to help to circumvent the incoming limits of VLSI circuits and the tools required to design such circuits, including Process Design Kit (PDK) and Standard Cells (SC). As a case of study, we particularly focus on a new and promising device technology based on Spin Orbit Torque (SOT) effect.