A novel 8T single-event-upset(SEU) hardened and high static noise margin(SNM) SRAM cell is proposed. By adding one transistor paralleled with each access transistor,the drive capability of pull-up PMOS is greater ...A novel 8T single-event-upset(SEU) hardened and high static noise margin(SNM) SRAM cell is proposed. By adding one transistor paralleled with each access transistor,the drive capability of pull-up PMOS is greater than that of the conventional cell and the read access transistors are weaker than that of the conventional cell.So the hold,read SNM and critical charge increase greatly.The simulation results show that the critical charge is almost three times larger than that of the conventional 6T cell by appropriately sizing the pull-up transistors.The hold and read SNM of the new cell increase by 72%and 141.7%,respectively,compared to the 6T design,but it has a 54%area overhead and read performance penalty.According to these features,this novel cell suits high reliability applications,such as aerospace and military.展开更多
A novel SEU hardened 10T PD SOI SRAM cell is proposed. By dividing each pull-up and pull-down transistor in the cross-coupled inverters into two cascaded transistors, this cell suppresses the parasitic BJT and source-...A novel SEU hardened 10T PD SOI SRAM cell is proposed. By dividing each pull-up and pull-down transistor in the cross-coupled inverters into two cascaded transistors, this cell suppresses the parasitic BJT and source-drain penetration charge collection effect in PD SOI transistor which causes the SEU in PD SOI SRAM. Mixed-mode simulation shows that this novel cell completely solves the SEU, where the ion affects the single transistor. Through analysis of the upset mechanism of this novel cell, SEU performance is roughly equal to the multiple-cell upset performance of a normal 6T SOI SRAM and it is thought that the SEU performance is 17 times greater than traditional 6T SRAM in 45nm PD SOI technology node based on the tested data of the references. To achieve this, the new cell adds four transistors and has a 43.4% area overhead and performance penalty.展开更多
文摘A novel 8T single-event-upset(SEU) hardened and high static noise margin(SNM) SRAM cell is proposed. By adding one transistor paralleled with each access transistor,the drive capability of pull-up PMOS is greater than that of the conventional cell and the read access transistors are weaker than that of the conventional cell.So the hold,read SNM and critical charge increase greatly.The simulation results show that the critical charge is almost three times larger than that of the conventional 6T cell by appropriately sizing the pull-up transistors.The hold and read SNM of the new cell increase by 72%and 141.7%,respectively,compared to the 6T design,but it has a 54%area overhead and read performance penalty.According to these features,this novel cell suits high reliability applications,such as aerospace and military.
文摘A novel SEU hardened 10T PD SOI SRAM cell is proposed. By dividing each pull-up and pull-down transistor in the cross-coupled inverters into two cascaded transistors, this cell suppresses the parasitic BJT and source-drain penetration charge collection effect in PD SOI transistor which causes the SEU in PD SOI SRAM. Mixed-mode simulation shows that this novel cell completely solves the SEU, where the ion affects the single transistor. Through analysis of the upset mechanism of this novel cell, SEU performance is roughly equal to the multiple-cell upset performance of a normal 6T SOI SRAM and it is thought that the SEU performance is 17 times greater than traditional 6T SRAM in 45nm PD SOI technology node based on the tested data of the references. To achieve this, the new cell adds four transistors and has a 43.4% area overhead and performance penalty.