• DocumentCode
    3090034
  • Title

    Simulation based transistor-SRAM co-design in the presence of statistical variability and reliability

  • Author

    Asenov, Asen ; Cheng, Binjie ; Wang, Xiongfei ; Brown, A.R. ; Reid, Dave ; Millar, C. ; Alexander, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Gold Stand. Simulations Ltd., Glasgow, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-11 Dec. 2013
  • Abstract
    We report on a systematic simulation study of the impact of process and statistical variability and reliability on SRAM cell design in a 14nm technology node SOI FinFET transistors. A comprehensive statistical compact modelling strategy is developed for early delivery of a reliable PDK with built-in statistical variability and reliability information. This enables TCAD-based transistor-SRAM co-design and path finding for emerging technology nodes.
  • Keywords
    MOSFET; SRAM chips; semiconductor device reliability; silicon-on-insulator; technology CAD (electronics); SOI FinFET transistors; SRAM cell design; Si; TCAD-based transistor; built-in statistical variability; path finding; process impact; reliability; size 14 nm; statistical compact; transistor-SRAM co-design; Correlation; FinFETs; Geometry; Integrated circuit modeling; Performance evaluation; SRAM cells;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2013 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.2013.6724741
  • Filename
    6724741