Title :
Low-power charge-sharing ROM using dummy bit lines
Author :
Yang, Byung-Do ; Kim, Lee-Sup
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., KAIST, Yuseong, South Korea
fDate :
7/10/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A shared-capacitor charge-sharing ROM (SCCS-ROM) is proposed to lower the bit line swing voltage by using charge-sharing. It uses only three capacitors for the charge-sharing and it implements the capacitors with dummy bit lines. This not only increases noise immunity but also reduces power. The SCCS-ROM achieves 8.4% power reduction.
Keywords :
VLSI; integrated circuit noise; integrated memory circuits; low-power electronics; read-only storage; SCCS-ROM; bit line swing voltage; capacitors; charge-sharing ROM; dummy bit lines; noise immunity; power reduction; shared-capacitor ROM;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030706
