Title :
Design and optimization of sense-amplifier-based flip-flops
Author :
Nikolic, B. ; Oklobdzija, V.G.
Author_Institution :
University of California, Davis, United States
Abstract :
An improved design of a sense-amplifier-based flip-flop is presented. The new design overcomes the problems of floating nodes, which is a weakness of previously reported solutions. This is achieved by systematic derivation of flip-flop equations and rearranging the resulting network. The resulting flip-flop outperforms earlier published structures, exhibiting TCQof 190ps when driving 100fF load in a 0.18µm CMOS technology.
Keywords :
CMOS technology; Clocks; Delay effects; Design optimization; Equations; Flip-flops; High power amplifiers; Logic functions; Pulse amplifiers; Strontium;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1999. ESSCIRC '99. Proceedings of the 25th European
Conference_Location :
Duisburg, Germany
