DocumentCode
3364047
Title
A Novel 90nm 8T SRAM Cell With Enhanced Stability
Author
Sil, Abhijit ; Ghosh, Soumik ; Bayoumi, Magdy
Author_Institution
Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette
fYear
2007
fDate
May 30 2007-June 1 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
As the MOSFETs channel length is scaling down, SRAM stability becomes the major concern for future technology. The cell becomes more susceptible to both process induced variation in device geometry and threshold voltage variability due to dopant fluctuation in the channel region. In this paper , a novel highly stable 8T SRAM cell is proposed which eliminates any noise induction during read operation and keeps the Read SNM as high as 415 mV at VDD = 1.2 V in 90 nm technology. The cell also supports low power operation at Cell VDD as low as 0.41 V. This new asymmetric cell structure is capable of using differential sense technique for high speed read operation.
Keywords
SRAM chips; circuit noise; circuit stability; MOSFET channel length; Read SNM; SRAM cell; SRAM stability; asymmetric cell structure; differential sense technique; dopant fluctuation; high speed read operation; size 90 nm; threshold voltage variability; Energy consumption; Fluctuations; Geometry; Inverters; MOSFET circuits; Manufacturing processes; Noise reduction; Random access memory; Stability; Threshold voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Integrated Circuit Design and Technology, 2007. ICICDT '07. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0757-5
Electronic_ISBN
1-4244-0757-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICICDT.2007.4299582
Filename
4299582
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