A CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY FOR SUB-10-NS ECL 4-MB BICMOS DRAMS

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作者
KAWAHARA, T [1 ]
KAWAJIRI, Y [1 ]
KITSUKAWA, G [1 ]
NAKAGOME, Y [1 ]
SAGARA, K [1 ]
KAWAMOTO, Y [1 ]
AKIBA, T [1 ]
KATO, S [1 ]
KAWASE, Y [1 ]
ITOH, K [1 ]
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[1] HITACHI DEVICE ENGN CORP,MOBARA,CHIBA 297,JAPAN
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10.1109/4.98968
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Five circuit techniques are proposed to realize sub-10-ns ECL 4-Mb BiCMOS DRAM's. They are the internal power supply voltage scheme using on-chip voltage limiters, an ECL DRAM address buffer with a reset function and level converter, a current source for address buffers compensated for device parameter fluctuation, an overdrive rewrite amplifier for realizing a fast cycle time, and a double-stage current sensing for the main amplifier and output buffer. Using these circuit techniques, an access time of 7.8 ns is expected with a supply current of 198 mA at a 16-ns cycle time.
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页数:8
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