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Polymer Memory

Polymer memory is a new digital memory technology that uses organic polymers rather than silicon. It has several advantages over current memory technologies like DRAM and flash memory, including being non-volatile, having fast read/write speeds, low cost per bit, and the ability to stack memory layers to dramatically increase storage capacity. Polymer memory works by using the dipole moment of polymer molecules and switching between conductive states with an electric field to represent 1s and 0s. While polymer memory shows promise, turning it into a commercial technology faces challenges in reliability, speed, and energy use compared to existing memory standards.

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Polymer Memory

Polymer memory is a new digital memory technology that uses organic polymers rather than silicon. It has several advantages over current memory technologies like DRAM and flash memory, including being non-volatile, having fast read/write speeds, low cost per bit, and the ability to stack memory layers to dramatically increase storage capacity. Polymer memory works by using the dipole moment of polymer molecules and switching between conductive states with an electric field to represent 1s and 0s. While polymer memory shows promise, turning it into a commercial technology faces challenges in reliability, speed, and energy use compared to existing memory standards.

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POLYMER MEMORY

INTRODUCTION:
 Polymer memory, the memory device made of plastic.

 Plastic is not only an insulator, but it also a conductor,


Heeger et al proved it.

 Polymer memory is a digital memory with advance


technology.

 Imagine a time where mobiles need a memory of GB’s


and PC’s with TB’s.

 It is not possible with silicon based memory in less


space, but it is possible with polymer memory.
PRESENT MEMORY TECHNOLOGY:

 The current memory technologies have a lot of


limitations.
 DRAM is volatile and difficult to integrate, RAM is
high cost and volatile.
 Flash has lesser number of write/erase cycles
compared to others.
 Expansion is possible only in two dimensional
space.
 Hence industry is searching for “Holy Grail”
future memory technologies.
 Next generation memories are trying a tradeoffs
between size and cost .
Next Generation Memories
 Large number of memory technologies were emerged.

 They include MRAM, FeRAM, Polymer Memory and


Ovonics Unified Memory.

 The most important one among them is polymer.

 Polymer memory is the leading technology among


them.

 It is mainly because of their expansion capability in


three dimensional spaces.
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The Fundamental Technology of Next Generation Memories-
FeRAM

 The fundamental idea of all these technologies is the


bistable nature which is due to their internal dipole
moment.
 Eg: FeRAM works on the basis of the bistable nature of
the centre atom of selected crystalline material.

 Why Polymer memory is called PFRAM?


 In Polymer memory the crystalline substance used is
polymers. Polymers just as ferroelectric crystals set up
local dipoles within them when electric field is applied.
POLYMERS AS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS :
 Polymers are organic materials consisting of long chains of
single molecules.

 Electrons were removed, or introduced, ithen the structure


becomes electrically conductive.

 Thin Film Electronics has developed a specific group of


polymers that are bistable and non-volatile memory.

 . This polymer is "smart", to the extent that functionality is built


into the material itself, like switchability, and charge store.

 This opens up tremendous opportunities in the electronics


world, where “tailor-made” memory materials represent
unknown territory.
CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORY CELL

 Coatue’s chip an electric field draws ions up through


the polymer increasing the conductivity. Difference in
conductivity represents bits of data.

 Coatue fabricates each memory cell as a polymer


sandwiched between two electrodes.

 Coatue's multi-state polymer memory cells can be


switched between on and off states, representing 1's
and 0's.
WORKING:
 The basic principle of Polymer based memory
is the dipole moment.

 The intensity of dipole moment depend


applied electric field intensity.

 Memory cells are defined by the physical


overlap of the electrode crossings and selected
by applying voltage.

 The polymer memory layers are just 1/10,000


of a millimeter or less in thickness.
EXPANDING MEMORY CAPABILITY- STACKED
MEMORY

 Expanding memory capability is simply a matter of


coating a new layer on top of an existing one.

 This means that the new technology is not just for


saving space, but also the option of using software
architectures.

 The driver circuitry, comprising column and row


decoders, sense amplifiers, is located entirely outside.

 Examples: The equivalent of 400,000 CDs, or 60,000


DVDs, may be stored on a polymer memory chip the
size of a credit card.
Holographic storage using Polymer:

 The holographic technique packs data so tightly that


one 12-centimeter disk could eventually hold a
terabyte.

 What's more, holographic storage opens the possibility


of reading and writing data a million bits at a time.

 That means we could duplicate an entire DVD movie


in mere seconds.
ADVANTAGES OF POLYMER MEMORY:

 Polymer memory layers can be stacked , This enable to


achieve very high storage capacity.
 Memory is Nonvolatile.
 Fast read and write speeds.
 Very low cost/bit, high capacity per dollar.
 Low power consumption.
 Easy manufacture ,use ink-jet printers to spray liquid-
polymer circuits onto a surface.
 Thin Film system requires about 0.5 million transistors
per gigabit, Traditional silicon-based system would
require between 1.5 to 6.5 billion transistors.
Limitations, Future use:

 But turning polymer memory into a commercial


product won’t be easy.
 Memory technologies compete not only on storage
capacity but on speed, energy consumption and
reliability
Future
 Cost per MB will here become so low that true
disposable memory chips can be envisaged.
 One report says that this technology could take flash
card prices to 10 per cent of what they are today.
CONCLUSION
 The fundamental strength, i.e. The stacking of memory
layers which yields maximum storage capacity is the
main reason why Polymer memory is highly preferred.

 The non volatileness and other features are in built


in molecular level and offers very high advantages in
terms of cost.

 Polymers ,which are once considered to be the main


reason for pollution has found a new area of
utilization.
Thank you

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