A CURRENT-CONTROLLED LATCH SENSE AMPLIFIER AND A STATIC POWER-SAVING INPUT BUFFER FOR LOW-POWER ARCHITECTURE

被引:182
作者
KOBAYASHI, T [1 ]
NOGAMI, K [1 ]
SHIROTORI, T [1 ]
FUJIMOTO, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] TOSHIBA MICROELECTR CORP,SAIWAI KU,KAWASAKI 210,JAPAN
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10.1109/4.210039
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This paper describes two new power-saving schemes for high-performance VLSI's with a large-scale memory and many interface signals. One is a current-controlled latch sense amplifier that reduces the power dissipation by stopping sense current automatically. This sense amplifier reduces power without degrading access time compared with the conventional current-mirror sense amplifier. The other is a static power-saving input buffer (SPSIB) that reduces dc current in interface circuits receiving TTL-high input level. The effectiveness of these new circuits is demonstrated with a 512-kb high-speed SRAM.
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页码:523 / 527
页数:5
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