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A 500 fW/bit 14 fJ/bit-access 4kb Standard-Cell Based Sub-VT Memory in 65nm CMOS

Meinerzhagen, Pascal Andreas  
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Andersson, Oskar  
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Mohammadi, Babak
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2012
2012 Proceedings of the ESSCIRC (ESSCIRC)
IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC)

Ultra-low power (ULP) biomedical implants and sensor nodes typically require small memories of a few kb, while previous work on reliable subthreshold (sub-Vt) memories targets several hundreds of kb. Standard-cell based memories (SCMs) are a straightforward approach to realize robust sub-Vt storage arrays and fill the gap of missing sub-Vt memory compilers. This paper presents an ultra-low-leakage 4kb SCM manufactured in 65nm CMOS technology. To minimize leakage power during standby, a single custom-designed standard-cell (D-latch with 3-state output buffer) addressing all major leakage contributors of SCMs is seamlessly integrated into the fully automated SCM compilation flow. Silicon measurements of a 4kb SCM indicate a leakage power of 500fW per stored bit (at a data-retention voltage of 220mV) and a total energy of 14fJ per accessed bit (at energy-minimum voltage of 500mV), corresponding to the lowest values in 65nm CMOS reported to date.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/ESSCIRC.2012.6341319
Author(s)
Meinerzhagen, Pascal Andreas  
Andersson, Oskar  
Mohammadi, Babak
Sherazi, Yasser
Burg, Andreas Peter  
Rodrigues, Joachim Neves
Date Issued

2012

Published in
2012 Proceedings of the ESSCIRC (ESSCIRC)
Start page

321

End page

324

Subjects

Embedded memories

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Ultra-low power

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Subthreshold operation

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Custom standard-cell latch

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3-state buffer

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IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC)

Bordeaux

September 17-21, 2012

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June 12, 2012
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