A process variation compensating technique for sub-90nm dynamic circuits

被引:28
作者
Kim, CH [1 ]
Roy, K [1 ]
Hsu, S [1 ]
Alvandpour, A [1 ]
Krishnamurthy, RK [1 ]
Borkar, S [1 ]
机构
[1] Purdue Univ, Dept ECE, W Lafayette, IN 47906 USA
来源
2003 SYMPOSIUM ON VLSI CIRCUITS, DIGEST OF TECHNICAL PAPERS | 2003年
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10.1109/VLSIC.2003.1221203
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
A process variation compensating technique for dynamic circuits is described for sub-90nm technologies where leakage variation is severe. A keeper whose effective strength is optimally programmable based on die leakage enables 10% faster performance, 35% reduction in delay variation, and 5x reduction in robustness failing dies over conventional static keeper design in 90nm dual-V-t CMOS.
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