• DocumentCode
    183154
  • Title

    2nd generation embedded DRAM with 4X lower self refresh power in 22nm Tri-Gate CMOS technology

  • Author

    Meterelliyoz, Mesut ; Al-amoody, Fuad H. ; Arslan, Umut ; Hamzaoglu, Fatih ; Hood, Luke ; Lal, Manoj ; Miller, Jeffrey L. ; Ramasundar, Anand ; Soltman, Dan ; Wan Ifar ; Yih Wang ; Zhang, Kai

  • Author_Institution
    Logic Technol. Dev., Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    10-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    2nd generation 1Gbit 2GHz Embedded DRAM (eDRAM) with 4X lower self refresh power compared to prior generation is developed in 22nm Tri-Gate CMOS technology. Retention time has been improved by 3X (300us@95°C) by process and design optimizations. Source synchronous clocking is integrated in the design to reduce clock power without penalizing bandwidth. Charge pump power is reduced by 4X by employing comparator based regulation. Temperature controlled refresh enables minimum refresh power at all temperature conditions.
  • Keywords
    CMOS memory circuits; DRAM chips; UHF integrated circuits; charge pump circuits; clocks; comparators (circuits); integrated circuit design; optimisation; 2nd generation embedded DRAM; charge pump power; comparator based regulation; eDRAM; frequency 2 GHz; lower self refresh power; optimization; size 22 nm; source synchronous clocking; storage capacity 1 Gbit; temperature controlled refresh; trigate CMOS technology; Abstracts; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Clocks; Optimization; Random access memory; Synchronization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Circuits Digest of Technical Papers, 2014 Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-3327-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VLSIC.2014.6858415
  • Filename
    6858415