TY - GEN
T1 - Variability analysis of TiN FinFET SRAM cell performance and its compensation using vth-controllable independent double-gate FinFET
AU - Endo, Kazuhiko
AU - O'uchi, Shin Ichi
AU - Ishikawa, Yuki
AU - Liu, Yongxun
AU - Matsukawa, Takashi
AU - Sakamoto, Kunihiro
AU - Tsukada, Junichi
AU - Yamauchi, Hiromi
AU - Masahara, Meishoku
PY - 2010/10/20
Y1 - 2010/10/20
N2 - Variability of the TiN FinFET SRAM cell performance is comprehensively studied. It is found that the static noise margin (SNM) variation of the SRAM cell is due to the Vth variation of FinFETs caused by the work function variation (WFV) of the TiN metal-gate. It is experimentally demonstrated that the Vth-controllable independent-double-gate (IDG) FinFET technology successfully compensates not only the random variation but also the systematic variation problems in SRAM performance. As a result, IDG-FinFET technology enables 0.5 V SRAM operation with a high cell stability.
AB - Variability of the TiN FinFET SRAM cell performance is comprehensively studied. It is found that the static noise margin (SNM) variation of the SRAM cell is due to the Vth variation of FinFETs caused by the work function variation (WFV) of the TiN metal-gate. It is experimentally demonstrated that the Vth-controllable independent-double-gate (IDG) FinFET technology successfully compensates not only the random variation but also the systematic variation problems in SRAM performance. As a result, IDG-FinFET technology enables 0.5 V SRAM operation with a high cell stability.
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U2 - 10.1109/VTSA.2010.5488919
DO - 10.1109/VTSA.2010.5488919
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77957894449
SN - 9781424450633
T3 - Proceedings of 2010 International Symposium on VLSI Technology, System and Application, VLSI-TSA 2010
SP - 124
EP - 125
BT - Proceedings of 2010 International Symposium on VLSI Technology, System and Application, VLSI-TSA 2010
T2 - 2010 International Symposium on VLSI Technology, System and Application, VLSI-TSA 2010
Y2 - 26 April 2010 through 28 April 2010
ER -