• DocumentCode
    648530
  • Title

    Impact of process variations on read failures in SRAMs

  • Author

    Harutyunyan, G. ; Shoukourian, S. ; Vardanian, V. ; Zorian, Y.

  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    27-30 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    In this paper we have analyzed failures caused by process variations in Static Random Access Memories (SRAMs). The validation for read failures is done using SPICE simulations for a 28 nm SRAM cell, as well as the worst corner cases (voltage, temperature, frequency) for their testing are identified. The functional fault models corresponding to process variation failures are considered and minimal test algorithms for their detection are proposed.
  • Keywords
    SRAM chips; failure analysis; integrated circuit reliability; integrated circuit testing; SPICE simulations; SRAM cell; functional fault models; minimal test algorithms; process variation ipact; read failures; size 28 nm; static random access memory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Design & Test Symposium, 2013 East-West
  • Conference_Location
    Rostov-on-Don
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2095-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EWDTS.2013.6673115
  • Filename
    6673115