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US09236115B2 Circuit for enhancing robustness of sub-threshold SRAM memory cell
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用于增强子阈值SRAM存储单元鲁棒性的电路
- Patent Title: Circuit for enhancing robustness of sub-threshold SRAM memory cell
- Patent Title (中): 用于增强子阈值SRAM存储单元鲁棒性的电路
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Application No.: US14369651Application Date: 2012-12-27
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Publication No.: US09236115B2Publication Date: 2016-01-12
- Inventor: Na Bai , Longxing Shi , Jun Yang , Xinning Liu , Jiafeng Zhu , Yue Feng , Cai Gong , Fei Pan , Hong Chang , Yifeng Deng , Yuan Chen , Yingcheng Xia
- Applicant: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: CN
- Assignee: Southeast University
- Current Assignee: Southeast University
- Current Assignee Address: CN
- Agency: Hayes Soloway P.C.
- Priority: CN201110445966 20111228
- International Application: PCT/CN2012/087719 WO 20121227
- International Announcement: WO2013/097749 WO 20130704
- Main IPC: G11C11/419
- IPC: G11C11/419 ; G11C11/417 ; H01L27/11 ; G11C11/412

Abstract:
A circuit for improving process robustness of sub-threshold SRAM memory cells serves as an auxiliary circuit for a sub-threshold SRAM memory cell. The output of the circuit is connected to PMOS transistors of the sub-threshold SRAM memory cell and substrate of PMOS transistors in the circuit. The circuit includes a detection circuit for threshold voltages of the PMOS transistors and a differential input and single-ended output amplifier. The circuit changes the substrate voltage of the PMOS transistors in the sub-threshold SRAM memory cell and the PMOS transistors in the circuit in a self-adapting manner by detecting threshold voltage fluctuations of PMOS and NMOS transistor resulted from process fluctuations and thereby regulates the threshold voltages of the PMOS transistors, so that the threshold voltages of the PMOS and NMOS transistors match. The circuit improves the noise margin of sub-threshold SRAM memory cells and the process robustness of sub-threshold SRAM memory cells.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140376305A1 CIRCUIT FOR ENHANCING ROBUSTNESS OF SUB-THRESHOLD SRAM MEMORY CELL Public/Granted day:2014-12-25
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