Improving the speed and power of compilable SRAM using dual-mode self-timed technique

MF Chang, SM Yang, KT Chen… - … Workshop on Memory …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A long bitline precharge time in the write operation and a wide wordline pulse width in the
read operation dominate the cycle time of large-capacity compilable SRAMs. A data …

Comparison of replica bitline technique and chain delay technique as read timing control for low-power asynchronous SRAM

CDC Arandilla, JAR Madamba - 2011 Fifth Asia Modelling …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Two 8kbit SRAMs, one using a replica technique and the other using an inverter chain delay
as timing control for word line and sense amplifiers, are simulated in 90nm CMOS …

Modeling and mitigation of soft errors in nanoscale SRAMs

SM Jahinuzzaman - 2008 - uwspace.uwaterloo.ca
Energetic particle (alpha particle, cosmic neutron, etc.) induced single event data upset or
soft error has emerged as a key reliability concern in SRAMs in sub-100 nanometre …

28-nm latch-type sense amplifier modification for coupling suppression

Y Zhang, Z Wang, C Zhu… - IEEE Transactions on Very …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the development of modern semiconductor fabrication technology, the channel length
of the CMOS device and the device pitch continually shrink accompanied by more and more …

An ultra low power fault tolerant SRAM design in 90nm CMOS

K Wang, L Chen, J Yang - 2009 Canadian Conference on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To mitigate the single-event effect, improve the stability and also maintain the low power
characteristic of sub-threshold SRAM, a Dual Interlocked Storage Cell (DICE) based SRAM …

Multi replica bitline delay technique for variation tolerant timing of SRAM sense amplifiers

S Ataei, JE Stine - Proceedings of the 25th edition on Great Lakes …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Timing variation of sense amplifier enable (SAE) attributable to the random variation of
transistor threshold Voltage is reduced by a novel Multi Replica Bitline Delay technique to …

A full code-patterns coverage high-speed embedded ROM using dynamic virtual guardian technique

MF Chang, LY Chiou, KA Wen - IEEE journal of solid-state …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Crosstalk between bitlines induces read failure and limits the coverage of applicable code-
patterns for high-speed contact/via-programming read-only memories (ROMs) in SoC …

Duplicate bitline self-time technique for reliable memory operation

JUL Shin, K Osada, M Khan - US Patent 6,212,117, 2001 - Google Patents
Broadly, the present invention provides a duplicate col umn of bit cells, a predetermined
number of which are set to a predetermined State and coupled together So that they are all …

Semiconductor memory device

A Kawasumi - US Patent 6,490,214, 2002 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A Semiconductor memory circuit including a plurality of bit lines, memory
cells connected to each of Said plurality of bit lines, Sense amplifiers, each corresponding to …

Improving SRAM test quality by leveraging self-timed circuits

J Kinseher, LB Zordan, I Polian… - … Design, Automation & …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As process technology continues to scale, SRAM test quality has become a growing concern
in modern System-on-Chips. Ensuring high test quality while keeping costs low requires …