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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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