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COEN 180

COEN 180. SRAM. SRAM. High-speed Low capacity Expensive Large chip area. Continuous power use to maintain storage Technology used for making MM caches. SRAM. Single cell stores single bit. 4T+2R design (old) 6T design. SRAM. 4T+2R. SRAM. Word line

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COEN 180

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  1. COEN 180 SRAM

  2. SRAM • High-speed • Low capacity • Expensive • Large chip area. • Continuous power use to maintain storage • Technology used for making MM caches

  3. SRAM • Single cell stores single bit. • 4T+2R design (old) • 6T design

  4. SRAM 4T+2R

  5. SRAM • Word line • Asserted: connects to complementary bit lines.

  6. SRAM • Resistor-Transistor pair divide voltage between Vcc and GND • T2 high resistance: • A close to VCC • T2 low resistance • A close to Gnd. A

  7. SRAM • T2 high impedance: • A close to VCC • T3 enabled • T3 low impedance • B close to Gnd • T2 low impedance • A close to Gnd. • T3 disabled • T3 high impedance • B close to VCC B A

  8. SRAM • Two stable states. • Asserted word line sends complimentary values to the two bit lines. • This is the stored bit. • Bitline 0 contains bit • Bitline 1 contains inverse of bit

  9. SRAM • There is always a current through one of the transistor-resistor pairs. • Use transistors instead of resistors to save energy. • However, transistors can use up more space.

  10. SRAM • Cell consists of two lines of transistors, dividing the voltage between VCC and GND • Cross-coupled. • T2 in high impedance T5 in low impedance • T2 in low impedance  T5 in high impedance

  11. SRAM • Assume T2 high impedance, T5 low impedance. • Point A ~ VCC • T3 in low impedance and T6 in high impedance • Point B ~ GND • T2 in high impedance, T5 low impedance. • Stable State A B

  12. SRAM • Assume T2 low impedance, T5 high impedance. • Point A ~ GND • T3 in high impedance and T6 in low impedance • Point B ~ GND • T2 in low impedance, T5 high impedance. • Stable State A B

  13. SRAM • 6T cell is in two stable states. • If the word line is asserted, complementary values are placed on the two bit lines.

  14. SRAM • Bit cells are arranged in a large memory array. • Address is divided into row address and column address.

  15. SRAM • Data access • Split address into row address (N bits) and column address (M bits). • Row address activates one of 2N word lines leading into the array. • This puts the contents of all 2M bit cells in that row onto the 2M column lines. • Each column line consists of two bit complementary bit lines. • Use a sense amplifier in order to remove any signal loss (because of capacitance of bit line). • Column decoder selects one of these bit lines and gates them into the I/O buffer.

  16. SRAM

  17. SRAM • Write access • Everything as before. • However: • Value in Read / Write Circuit overwhelms contents in the two bitlines. • This switches the state of the one selected bit cell.

  18. SRAM • Typical SRAM array allows access to more than a single bit in parallel.

  19. SRAM

  20. SRAM • Faster: • Faster chip technology • Tighter chip technology • Use different materials (GaAs) • Increase voltages • Cool circuit • Change pinout to cut input / output noise.

  21. SRAM • Faster • Can use input buffer to latch data. • Access parameters: • Read-access time • Propagation delay from the time when the address is presented at the chip to the time data is available at the output. • Cycle time • Minimum time between initiation of a read operation and the initiation of another operation.

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