{"title":"A Detailed Vth-Variation Analysis for Sub-100-nm Embedded SRAM Design","authors":"M. Yamaoka, H. Onodera","doi":"10.1109/SOCC.2006.283905","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A Vth variation has large impact on SRAM operation. To predict an SRAM operating margin in design phase, a Vth window analysis is used. We propose an improved Vth window analysis, which considers a relationship between global and local Vth variation, and the analysis enables accurate operating margin prediction. This analysis predicts 7.7% larger yield deterioration than conventional method in 65-nm manufacturing process and gives a chance to introduce some operating margin enhancement circuits in design phase.","PeriodicalId":345714,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International SOC Conference","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2006-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2006 IEEE International SOC Conference","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOCC.2006.283905","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A Vth variation has large impact on SRAM operation. To predict an SRAM operating margin in design phase, a Vth window analysis is used. We propose an improved Vth window analysis, which considers a relationship between global and local Vth variation, and the analysis enables accurate operating margin prediction. This analysis predicts 7.7% larger yield deterioration than conventional method in 65-nm manufacturing process and gives a chance to introduce some operating margin enhancement circuits in design phase.