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High-Density SRAM Read Access Yield Estimation Methodology
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DOI：10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3111762.png)
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As high-density SRAMs must be designed to ensure a substantially small failure rate, the accurate yield estimation with practically acceptable runtime of circuit simulations is highly challenging. Here, a read access yield estimation method for high-density static random access memory (SRAM) is proposed. Instead of performing SPICE runs for the entire SRAM circuit, the proposed method partitions the SRAM into three parts-the control signal generation circuit, bitcell array, and sense amplifier (SA)-that determine three key parameters: word-line to SA enable delay, bit-line voltage difference, and SA offset voltage. Subsequently, the proposed method derives the probability density of these key parameters from each of the three partitioned circuits. Here, different methods are applied to derive the probability of the key parameters, considering the respective characteristics of each circuit part and parameter. According to our experimental results, the proposed method can accelerate the yield estimation by 500-3000x, compared with the brute-force Monte Carlo simulation method, and 10-100x compared with the other state-of-art methods. In addition, the proposed method can accelerate the circuit optimization procedure accompanied by multiple circuit revisions, that is, the circuit revisions can be reflected with SPICE runs only for the revised circuit part, unlike the previous methods that require SPICE runs for the entire SRAM.
Keyword:
Process variation
read access yield
sensing yield
static random access memory (SRAM)
yield estimation
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