Title :
70% read margin enhancement by VTH mismatch self-repair in 6T-SRAM with asymmetric pass gate transistor by zero additional cost, post-process, local electron injection
Author :
Miyaji, Kousuke ; Tanakamaru, Shuhei ; Honda, Kentaro ; Miyano, Shinji ; Takeuchi, Ken
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
A VTH mismatch self-repair scheme in 6T-SRAM with asymmetric PG transistor by post-process local electron injection is proposed for the first time. The asymmetric VTH shift is doubled from the conventional scheme without process and area penalty. Measurement results show 24% increase in SNM without write degradation by the asymmetric PG transistor. 70% read margin enhancement is achieved by the proposed scheme.
Keywords :
MOSFET; SRAM chips; 6T-SRAM; asymmetric pass gate transistor; asymmetric shift; local electron injection; mismatch self-repair; post-process; read margin enhancement; zero additional cost; Current measurement; Degradation; Dielectric measurements; Logic gates; Random access memory; Stability analysis; Transistors;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Circuits (VLSIC), 2010 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5454-9
DOI :
10.1109/VLSIC.2010.5560266