Charge‐Domain In‐Memory Computing With NAND‐Compatible Ferroelectric Memcapacitor Crossbar
Rapid growth in artificial intelligence has intensified the need for energy-efficient computing architectures beyond the conventional von Neumann paradigm. While memristive in-memory computing has attracted significant attention, its low cell resistance causes static power consumption, IR-drop-induced errors, and scalability limitations. Here, we demonstrate a NAND-compatible ferroelectric memcapacitor crossbar for scalable and energy-efficient in-memory computing. The proposed architecture employs charge-domain operation with intrinsically high cell resistance, strongly suppressing static conduction and reducing energy consumption. Optimized device design enables a large charge memory window, reliable multilevel storage, and non-destructive readout. Experimental vector-matrix multiplication (VMM) exhibits highly linear behavior due to displacement-current-based computation, which alleviates IR-drop effects. Circuit-level validation confirms practical sensing feasibility, while parasitic-aware SPICE simulations based on a 3D NAND architecture verify robust operation under deeply stacked conditions. Finally, CIFAR-10 image classification and spiking neural network inference highlight the strong potential of ferroelectric memcapacitor arrays as a scalable platform for energy-efficient neuromorphic and in-memory computing applications.
Authors
- Junsu Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2746-0213)
- Hwiho Hwang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0559-0762)
- Sangwook Youn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7309-4296)
- Sungjun Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9873-2474)
- Dahoon Lee
Institutions
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- Hanyang University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Small
- Published
- 2026-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.76242
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology
- IC Design Education Center
- Institute for Information and Communications Technology Promotion