Title :
Finely tunable standard cells for high-speed ASMIC
Author :
Takayanagi, T. ; Sakurai, T. ; Sawada, K. ; Nogami, K. ; Iizuka, T.
Author_Institution :
Toshiba Corp., Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
A finely tunable standard cell (FTSC) method is introduced to cope with the complexity and high-speed nature of application-specific memory ICs (ASMICs). The method is applied to an integrated cache memory, a typical high-speed ASMIC, and achieves address-to-hit delay of 18 ns, which is comparable to that of a standard full-custom static RAM (SRAM). The FTSC offers the sizing capability of MOSFETs and stable delay elements composed of poly-Si resistors
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; buffer storage; cellular arrays; integrated memory circuits; 18 ns; address-to-hit delay; application-specific memory ICs; finely tunable standard cell; high-speed ASMIC; integrated cache memory; polysilicon resistors; sizing capability; stable delay elements; Cache memory; Delay; Design methodology; Logic functions; Logic gates; MOSFETs; Parasitic capacitance; Pins; Timing; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Technology, Systems and Applications, 1989. Proceedings of Technical Papers. 1989 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Taipei
DOI :
10.1109/VTSA.1989.68599
