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14th Asian Test Symposium (ATS'05)
Leakage Current Based Stabilization Scheme for Robust Sense-Amplifier Design for Yield Enhancement in Nano-scale SRAM
Calcutta, India
December 18-December 21
ISBN: 0-7695-2481-8
Saibal Mukhopadhyay, Purdue University
Arijit Raychowdhury, Purdue University
Hamid Mahmoodi, Purdue University
Kaushik Roy, Purdue University
In this paper, we develop a method to analyze the probability of access failure in SRAM array (due to random Vt variation in transistors) by jointly considering variations in cell and senseamplifiers. Our analysis shows that, improving robustness of senseamplifier is extremely important for reducing memory access failure probability and improving yield. We present a process variation tolerant sense amplifier suitable for SRAM array designed in sub- 100nm CMOS technologies. The proposed technique reduces the failure probability of sense amplifiers by more than 80% with negligible penalty in the sensing delay.
Citation:
Saibal Mukhopadhyay, Arijit Raychowdhury, Hamid Mahmoodi, Kaushik Roy, "Leakage Current Based Stabilization Scheme for Robust Sense-Amplifier Design for Yield Enhancement in Nano-scale SRAM," ats, pp.176-181, 14th Asian Test Symposium (ATS'05), 2005
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