Efficient statistical analysis of read timing failures in SRAM circuits

S Yaldiz, U Arslan, X Li, L Pileggi - 2009 10th International …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
2009 10th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, 2009ieeexplore.ieee.org
A system-level statistical analysis methodology is described that captures the impact of inter-
and intra-die process variations for read timing failures in SRAM circuit blocks. Unlike
existing approaches that focus on cell-level performance metrics for isolated sub-
components or ignore inter-die variability, the system-level performance is accurately
predicted for the entire SRAM circuit that is impractical to analyze statistically via transistor-
level Monte Carlo simulations. The accurate bounding of read timing failures using this …
A system-level statistical analysis methodology is described that captures the impact of inter- and intra-die process variations for read timing failures in SRAM circuit blocks. Unlike existing approaches that focus on cell-level performance metrics for isolated sub-components or ignore inter-die variability, the system-level performance is accurately predicted for the entire SRAM circuit that is impractical to analyze statistically via transistor-level Monte Carlo simulations. The accurate bounding of read timing failures using this methodology is validated with silicon measurements from a 64 kb SRAM testchip in 90 nm CMOS. We demonstrate the efficacy of this methodology for early stage design exploration to specify redundancy, required sense amp offset, and other circuit choices as a function of memory size.
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