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Two Flavors of 4kb Standard-Cell Based Subvt Memory in 65 nm CMOS

Andersson, Oskar LU ; Meinerzhagen, Pascal ; Mohammadi, Babak LU ; Sherazi, Syed Muhammad Yasser LU ; Burg, Andreas and Rodrigues, Joachim LU (2013) Swedish System-On-Chip Conference (SSoCC), 2013
Abstract
Ultra-low power (ULP) biomedical implants and sensor nodes typically require small memories of a few kb, while previous work on reliable subthreshold (sub-VT) memories targets several hundreds of kb. Standard-cell based memories (SCMs) are a straightforward approach to realize robust sub- VT storage arrays and fill the gap of missing sub-VT memory compilers. This paper presents an ultra-low-leakage 4kb SCM manufactured in 65nm CMOS technology. To minimize leakage power during standby, a single custom-designed standard-cell (D- latch with 3-state output buffer) addressing all major leakage contributors of SCMs is seamlessly integrated into the fully automated SCM compilation flow. Silicon measurements of a 4kb SCM indicate a leakage power... (More)
Ultra-low power (ULP) biomedical implants and sensor nodes typically require small memories of a few kb, while previous work on reliable subthreshold (sub-VT) memories targets several hundreds of kb. Standard-cell based memories (SCMs) are a straightforward approach to realize robust sub- VT storage arrays and fill the gap of missing sub-VT memory compilers. This paper presents an ultra-low-leakage 4kb SCM manufactured in 65nm CMOS technology. To minimize leakage power during standby, a single custom-designed standard-cell (D- latch with 3-state output buffer) addressing all major leakage contributors of SCMs is seamlessly integrated into the fully automated SCM compilation flow. Silicon measurements of a 4kb SCM indicate a leakage power of 500fW per stored bit (at a data-retention voltage of 220mV) and a total energy of 14fJ per accessed bit (at energy-minimum voltage of 500mV), corresponding to the lowest values in 65 nm CMOS reported to date. (Less)
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Swedish System-On-Chip Conference (SSoCC), 2013
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2013-05-06 - 2013-05-07
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  abstract     = {{Ultra-low	power	(ULP)	biomedical	implants	and sensor nodes typically require small memories of a few kb, while previous work on reliable subthreshold (sub-VT) memories targets several hundreds of kb. Standard-cell based memories (SCMs) are a straightforward approach to realize robust sub- VT storage arrays and fill the gap of missing sub-VT memory compilers. This paper presents an ultra-low-leakage 4kb SCM manufactured in 65nm CMOS technology. To minimize leakage power during standby, a single custom-designed standard-cell (D- latch with 3-state output buffer) addressing all major leakage contributors of SCMs is seamlessly integrated into the fully automated SCM compilation flow. Silicon measurements of a 4kb SCM indicate a leakage power of 500fW per stored bit (at a data-retention voltage of 220mV) and a total energy of 14fJ per accessed bit (at energy-minimum voltage of 500mV), corresponding to the lowest values in 65 nm CMOS reported to date.}},
  author       = {{Andersson, Oskar and Meinerzhagen, Pascal and Mohammadi, Babak and Sherazi, Syed Muhammad Yasser and Burg, Andreas and Rodrigues, Joachim}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  title        = {{Two Flavors of 4kb Standard-Cell Based Subvt Memory in 65 nm CMOS}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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