• DocumentCode
    3266241
  • Title

    New low power current memory circuits

  • Author

    Ramírez-Angulo, Jaime ; Vizcaino, Paul

  • Author_Institution
    New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    5-8 Aug. 2007
  • Firstpage
    205
  • Lastpage
    208
  • Abstract
    A simple and compact scheme to improve accuracy of dynamic current memory cells operating with very low reference currents (in the few nA range) is introduced. High accuracy and insensitivity to charge injection is achieved by storing an amplified replica of the reference current.
  • Keywords
    low-power electronics; memory architecture; dynamic current memory cell; low power current memory circuits; Capacitors; Circuit faults; Electrical fault detection; Fault detection; Mirrors; Random access memory; Sampling methods; Switches; Switching circuits; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 2007. MWSCAS 2007. 50th Midwest Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, Que.
  • ISSN
    1548-3746
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1175-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1548-3746
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSCAS.2007.4488571
  • Filename
    4488571