Detection and coding schemes for parallel interference in resistive memories

This paper studies the problem of reliable resistive-memory readout through the rigorous lens of communication theory. The most dominant reliability issue in resistive memory can be modeled as interference of resistances in parallel to a measured resistance. For this special type of interference we develop detection and coding schemes that are shown to effectively mitigate the effects of sneak-path errors. The uniqueness of this study is that the proposed models combine theoretical rigor with practical richness, hence enabling deep contributions to very real problems.