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http://dx.doi.org/10.7471/ikeee.2016.20.2.167

Replica Technique regarding research for Bit-Line tracking  

Oh, Se-Hyeok (Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Yonsei University)
Jung, Han-wool (Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Yonsei University)
Jung, Seong-Ook (Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Yonsei University)
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Journal of IKEEE / v.20, no.2, 2016 , pp. 167-170 More about this Journal
Abstract
Replica bit-line technique is used for making enable signal of sense amplifier which accurately tracks bit-line of SRAM. However, threshold voltage variation in the replica bit-line circuit changes the cell current, which results in variation of the sense amplifier enable time, $T_{SAE}$. The variation of $T_{SAE}$ makes the sensing operation unstable. In this paper, in addition to conventional replica bit-line delay ($RBL_{conv}$), dual replica bit-line delay (DRBD) and multi-stage dual replica bit-line delay (MDRBD) which are used for reducing $T_{SAE}$ variation are briefly introduced, and the maximum possible number of on-cell which can satisfy $6{\sigma}$ sensing yield is determined through simulation at a supply voltage of 0.6V with 14nm FinFET technology. As a result, it is observed that performance of DRBD and MDRBD is improved 24.4% and 48.3% than $RBL_{conv}$ and energy consumption is reduced which 8% and 32.4% than $RBL_{conv}$.
Keywords
Replica Bit-line; sense amplifier; standard deviation; performance; power;
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