期刊
IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS
卷 45, 期 10, 页码 2142-2155出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2060279
关键词
Crosstalk; low voltage; NAND-ROM; ROM
资金
- UMC
- CIC
Embedded NAND-type read-only-memory (NAND-ROM) provides large-capacity, high-reliability, on-chip nonvolatile storage. However, NAND-ROM suffers from code-dependent read noises and cannot survive at low supply voltages (VDDs). These code-dependent read noises are primarily due to the charge-sharing effect, bitline leakage current, and crosstalk between bitlines, which become worse at lower VDD. This study proposes a dynamic split source-line (DSSL) scheme for NAND-ROM. The proposed scheme overcomes code-dependent read noises while improving the read access time and suppressing the active-mode gate leakage current, with only a 1% area penalty in the cell array. Experiments on a fabricated 256 Kb macro using a 90 nm industrial logic process demonstrate that the proposed DSSL scheme achieves 100% code-pattern coverage under a small sensing margin. Additionally, the DSSL NAND-ROM works with a wide range of supply voltages (1-0.31 V) with a 38%, 45.8%, and 37% improvement in speed, power, and standby current, respectively, at VDD 1 V.
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