An 833 MHz 1.5 W 18 Mb CMOS SRAM with 1.67 Gb/s/pin

Abstract
The authors present an 18 Mb CMOS SRAM which operates at 833 MHz with 1.67 Gb/s/pin. The 114.4 mm/sup 2/ die consumes 1.5 W and is fabricated in a 0.18 /spl mu/m CMOS process with four levels of copper interconnect. The SRAM operates in two user-selectable double-data-rate modes (DDR and DDR2). High-frequency operation is achieved by solving three frequency-limiting issues identified in previous SRAM designs: managing data timing constraints associated with high-frequency operation in a high density SRAM core; maintaining coherency between SRAM output data timings and echo clock timings; and delivering symmetric data windows for 1 s and 0 s across a wide range of output driver supply levels.

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