DocumentCode
3249341
Title
Current mode sense amplifier
Author
Ardalan, Shahab ; Chen, Doris ; Sachdev, Manoj ; Kennings, Andrew
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont.
fYear
2005
fDate
7-10 Aug. 2005
Firstpage
17
Abstract
In modern SRAMs, sense amplifiers are used to amplify the bit line swing in order to decrease access time. This paper seeks to present some new designs to improve the input and output impedance of the current mode sense amplifier. Two distinct groups of architectures are evaluated, and simulations were conducted for each group. Their performances are evaluated and compared
Keywords
SRAM chips; amplifiers; current-mode circuits; network synthesis; SRAM; bit line swing; current mode sense amplifier; input impedance; output impedance; Capacitance; Driver circuits; Energy consumption; Impedance; MOSFETs; Mirrors; Performance evaluation; Random access memory; SRAM chips; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Circuits and Systems, 2005. 48th Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location
Covington, KY
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9197-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSCAS.2005.1594028
Filename
1594028
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