Title :
A new on-chip converter for submicrometer high-density DRAMs
Author :
Furuyama, Tohru ; Watanabe, Yohji ; Ohsawa, Takashi ; Watanabe, Shigeyoshi
fDate :
6/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The converter described is a feedback-type voltage regulator which supplies a reduced voltage to an entire RAM circuit. A novel timing activation method was introduced to save power. The converter has been implemented on an experimental 4-Mb dynamic RAM. It was found that an even faster access time and higher reliability compared to a conventional design could be achieved by using an on-chip voltage converter and shorter channel transistors. This voltage converter is suitable for high-density, high-speed, and high-reliability DRAMs with submicrometer transistors.
Keywords :
Convertors; Feedback; Integrated memory circuits; Power supply circuits; Random-access storage; Voltage regulators; convertors; feedback; integrated memory circuits; power supply circuits; random-access storage; voltage regulators; Circuits; DRAM chips; MOSFETs; Power supplies; Power system reliability; Random access memory; Read-write memory; Transistors; Very large scale integration; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSSC.1987.1052744
