N. Ito, Y. Yamauchi, N. Ueda, K. Yamamoto, Y. Sugita, T. Mineyama, A. Ishihama, K. Moritani
{"title":"A Novel Program and Read Architecture for Contact-Less Virtual Ground NOR Flash Memory for High Density Application","authors":"N. Ito, Y. Yamauchi, N. Ueda, K. Yamamoto, Y. Sugita, T. Mineyama, A. Ishihama, K. Moritani","doi":"10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705337","url":null,"abstract":"We have successfully developed multilevel (MLC) contact-less virtual ground array (VGA-NOR) flash memory. Sequential program from the source side edge cell of each segment and 32cells unit program with data buffer enable to cancel the Vt interference. Sense amplifier (SA) assist equalize-sensing (SAES) is implemented for high accuracy sensing operation","PeriodicalId":366835,"journal":{"name":"2006 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2006. Digest of Technical Papers.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129166328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Kurata, K. Otsuga, A. Kotabe, Shinya Kajiyama, T. Osabe, Y. Sasago, S. Narumi, K. Tokami, S. Kamohara, O. Tsuchiya
{"title":"The Impact of Random Telegraph Signals on the Scaling of Multilevel Flash Memories","authors":"H. Kurata, K. Otsuga, A. Kotabe, Shinya Kajiyama, T. Osabe, Y. Sasago, S. Narumi, K. Tokami, S. Kamohara, O. Tsuchiya","doi":"10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705335","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes for the first time the observation of the threshold voltage (Vth) fluctuation due to random telegraph signal (RTS) in flash memory. We acquired large-scale data of Vth fluctuation and confirm the existence of the tail bits generated by RTS. The amount of Vth broadening due to the tail bits becomes larger as the scaling advances, and reaches to more than 0.3 V in 45-nm node. Thus the RTS becomes prominent issue for the design of multilevel flash memory in 45-nm node and beyond","PeriodicalId":366835,"journal":{"name":"2006 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2006. Digest of Technical Papers.","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127596147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Mukhopadhyay, Keejong Kim, H. Mahmoodi, A. Datta, Dongkyu Park, K. Roy
{"title":"Self-Repairing SRAM for Reducing Parametric Failures in Nanoscaled Memory","authors":"S. Mukhopadhyay, Keejong Kim, H. Mahmoodi, A. Datta, Dongkyu Park, K. Roy","doi":"10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705345","url":null,"abstract":"We present a self-repairing SRAM to reduce parametric failures using an on-chip leakage sensor and application of proper body bias. Simulations in a predictive 70nm technology show 5-40% (depending on inter-die Vt variation) improvement in SRAM yield. A test-chip is fabricated and measured in 0.13 mum CMOS to demonstrate operation of the self-repair system","PeriodicalId":366835,"journal":{"name":"2006 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2006. Digest of Technical Papers.","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130993367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Sub-Picosecond Resolution 0.5-1.5GHz Digital-to-Phase Converter","authors":"P. Hanumolu, V. Kratyuk, Gu-Yeon Wei, U. Moon","doi":"10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705319","url":null,"abstract":"A digital-to-phase converter operating from 0.5-1.5GHz employs oversampling, noise shaping and DLL phase filtering to achieve sub-ps resolution independent of the operating frequency. Test chip fabricated in a 0.13mum CMOS process achieves a DNL below plusmn100fs and plusmn12ps INL and consumes 15mW while operating at 1GHz","PeriodicalId":366835,"journal":{"name":"2006 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2006. Digest of Technical Papers.","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122621710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A 1V 30mW 10b 100MSample/s Pipeline A/D Converter Using Capacitance Coupling Techniques","authors":"K. Honda, F. Masanori, S. Kawahito","doi":"10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705391","url":null,"abstract":"A 10b 100MSample/s pipeline A/D converter in 90nm process consumes 30mW at 1.0V power supply. The proposed capacitance coupling S/H stage and capacitance coupled class-AB amplifier achieve low distortion and low power dissipation at high-speed sampling. The SNDR and SFDR at 100MHz sampling are 54.0 dB and 70.0 dB, respectively","PeriodicalId":366835,"journal":{"name":"2006 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2006. Digest of Technical Papers.","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125367050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A 1-V 100MS/s 8-bit CMOS Switched-Opamp Pipelined ADC Using Loading-Free Architecture","authors":"Ying Wu, V. Cheung, H. Luong","doi":"10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705347","url":null,"abstract":"A 1V, 8-bit dual-mode ADC is realized using multi-phase switched-opamp (SO) technique. Employing a proposed loading-free pipelined ADC architecture and a fast-wake-up dual-input-dual-output switchable opamp, the ADC achieves 100MS/s conversion rate, which is the fastest operation speed reported at 1-V supply, and comparable to many high-voltage switched-capacitor (SC) ADC. Implemented in a 0.18mum CMOS process, the ADC obtains a peak SNR of 45dB and SFDR of 52.6dB while dissipating only 30mW","PeriodicalId":366835,"journal":{"name":"2006 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2006. Digest of Technical Papers.","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124607133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Tee, E. Sacchi, R. Bocock, N. Wongkomet, P. Gray
{"title":"A Cartesian-Feedback Linearized CMOS RF Transmitter for EDGE Modulation","authors":"L. Tee, E. Sacchi, R. Bocock, N. Wongkomet, P. Gray","doi":"10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705395","url":null,"abstract":"A 1.55GHz CMOS RF transmitter with an integrated class-C power amplifier (PA) is described. The transmitter uses Cartesian feedback to meet EDGE linearity requirements and integrates a direct-conversion modulator, PA, LO phase shifter, feedback mixers and baseband loop filter in a 0.18mum CMOS process. The transmitter produces an 18dBm EDGE modulated output with 18% drain efficiency","PeriodicalId":366835,"journal":{"name":"2006 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2006. Digest of Technical Papers.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116427939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. Ozawa, K. Fukuoka, Y. Igarashi, T. Kuraishi, Y. Yasu, Y. Maki, T. Ipposhi, T. Ochiai, M. Shirahata, K. Ishibashi
{"title":"Low Power SOC Design Using Partial-Trench-Isolation ABC SOI (PTI-ABC SOI) for Sub-100-nm LSTP Technology","authors":"O. Ozawa, K. Fukuoka, Y. Igarashi, T. Kuraishi, Y. Yasu, Y. Maki, T. Ipposhi, T. Ochiai, M. Shirahata, K. Ishibashi","doi":"10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705372","url":null,"abstract":"The bodies of partially depleted SOI devices are selectively biased so that circuits operate at low supply voltages without area overhead. Applying forward body bias to logic gates reduces delay variation by 7-21%. A level shifter (LF) and data retention FF (DRFF) circuits can operate at lower supply voltages below 1.0-V when the body bias of the key transistors is suitably controlled. The technology reduces operating and standby power of SOC with 90-nm LSTP CMOS technology by 40 and 98%, respectively","PeriodicalId":366835,"journal":{"name":"2006 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2006. Digest of Technical Papers.","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125826456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Kuo, N. Yang, N. Leong, E. Wang, F. Lai, A. Lee, H. Chen, S. Chandra, Y. Wu, T. Akaogi, A. Melik-Martirosian, A. Pourkeramati, J. Thomas, M. Vanbuskirk
{"title":"Design of 90nm 1Gb ORNAND/sup TM/ Flash Memory with MirrorBit/sup TM/ Technology","authors":"T. Kuo, N. Yang, N. Leong, E. Wang, F. Lai, A. Lee, H. Chen, S. Chandra, Y. Wu, T. Akaogi, A. Melik-Martirosian, A. Pourkeramati, J. Thomas, M. Vanbuskirk","doi":"10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705336","url":null,"abstract":"Using the virtual ground array structure of 2 bits/cell MirrorBittrade technology, a 90nm, 1.8V ORNANDtrade product combining the advantages of both NOR and NAND is presented. Full NAND functionality and performance compatibility is shown, while maintaining the NOR advantages","PeriodicalId":366835,"journal":{"name":"2006 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2006. Digest of Technical Papers.","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132177971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Agarwal, Frank Liu, C. McDowell, S. Nassif, K. Nowka, Meghann Palmer, D. Acharyya, J. Plusquellic
{"title":"A test structure for characterizing local device mismatches","authors":"K. Agarwal, Frank Liu, C. McDowell, S. Nassif, K. Nowka, Meghann Palmer, D. Acharyya, J. Plusquellic","doi":"10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705315","url":null,"abstract":"We present a test structure for statistical characterization of local device mismatches. The structure contains densely populated SRAM devices arranged in an addressable manner. Measurements on a test chip fabricated in an advanced 65 nm process show little spatial correlation. We vary the nominal threshold voltage of the devices by changing the threshold-adjust implantations and observe that the ratio of standard deviation to mean gets worse with threshold scaling. The large variations observed in the extracted threshold voltage statistics indicate that the random doping fluctuation is the likely reason behind mismatch in the adjacent devices","PeriodicalId":366835,"journal":{"name":"2006 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2006. Digest of Technical Papers.","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133749836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}