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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics

A Hierarchical Timing Adjuster Featuring Intermittent Measurement for Use in Low-Power DDR SDRAMs

Satoru HANZAWA, Hiromasa NODA, Takeshi SAKATA, Osamu NAGASHIMA, Sadayuki MORITA, Masanori ISODA, Michiyo SUZUKI, Sadayuki OHKUMA, Kyoko MURAKAMI

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A hierarchical timing adjuster that operates with intermittent adjustment has been developed for use in low-power DDR SDRAMs. Intermittent adjustment reduces power consumption in both coarse- and fine-delay circuits. Furthermore, the current-controlled fine-tuning of delay is free of short-circuit current and achieves a resolution of about 0.1 ns. In a design with 0.16-µm node technology, these techniques make the hierarchical timing adjuster able to reduce the operating current to 4.8 mA, which is 20% for the value in a conventional scheme with every-cycle measurement. The proposed timing adjuster achieves a three-cycle lock-in and only generates an internal clock pulse that has coarse resolution in the second cycle. The circuit operates over the range from 60 to 150 MHz, and occupies 0.29 mm2.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E85-C No.8 pp.1625-1633
Publication Date
2002/08/01
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Category
Optoelectronics

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