• DocumentCode
    1807900
  • Title

    28-nm HKMG GHz digital sensor for detecting dynamic voltage drops in testing for peak power optimization

  • Author

    Igarashi, Mitsuhiko ; Takeuchi, Kan ; Takazawa, Yoshio ; Igarashi, Yasuto ; Matsushita, Hiroaki

  • Author_Institution
    Design Platform Dev. Div., Renesas Electron. Corp., Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    9-12 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    We propose a dynamic voltage-drop sensor, which is fully digital so that it is easy to design into products and use for testing. The 2.4K-gate GHz sensor exploits the difference in the voltage sensitivity between two paths composed of different types of standard cells. We have fabricated a test chip in a 28-nm HKMG process and confirmed its feasibility. This sensor can be used to evaluate optimal activity rates and peak power in scan testing.
  • Keywords
    electric potential; logic testing; sensors; HKMG GHz digital sensor; dynamic voltage drop detection; dynamic voltage-drop sensor; high k metal gate; peak power optimization; size 28 nm; voltage sensitivity; Clocks; DVD; Delay; Logic gates; Monitoring; Radiation detectors; Testing; activity rate; scan test; voltage drop sensor;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • ISSN
    0886-5930
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1555-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0886-5930
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CICC.2012.6330710
  • Filename
    6330710