ELX304 Topic5 Lesson 1 Pr2

Download as pdf or txt
Download as pdf or txt
You are on page 1of 26

ElectricalSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Part5VLSIimplementationplatforms

PART5

VLSIIMPLEMENTATION
PLATFORMS

UniversityofSunderland

Page1

ElectricalSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Page2

Part5VLSIimplementationplatforms

UniversityofSunderland

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

LESSON1

REGULARARRAYSTRUCTURES
INTRODUCTION
Thismoduleintroducestheconceptofregulararraystructuresthat
providethebasicmethodologyforoptimumuseofVLSIdesign.
Itproceedstolookatthemostcommonapplications,namely
memorydevices,andintroducesprogrammabledevicesfor
efficientlogicimplementation.

YOURAIMS
Attheendofthislesson,youshouldbeableto
understandthereasonsbehindtheuseofregulararray
structures
investigatebasicstructuresthatareimplementedinVLSI
technology.

STUDYADVICE
Thisparticularlessonisdesignedtobeselfcontained.However,
thefollowingreferenceswillprovideadditionalsupportmaterial.

SUPPORTMATERIAL
Uyemura,J.P. (2001) IntroductiontoVLSICircuits&SystemsJ.
Wiley&Sons.(Chapters13)
Geiger,R.L.,Allen,P.E.&Strader,N.R. (1990) VLSI,Design
techniquesforAnaloganddigitalcircuits.McGrawHill.(Chapter
9)
Martin,K.(1999)DigitalIntegratedCircuitDesign.Oxford
UniversityPress.(Chapter10)
Fabricus,E.D.(1990) IntroductiontoVLSIDesign.McGraw
Hill.(Chapters9&10)

UniversityofSunderland

Page3

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Page4

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

UniversityofSunderland

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

1.1 REGULARARRAYSTRUCTURES
InVLSIdesignthecontinuousdrivetowardssmallertechnologies
isnotonlycompoundedbythemanufacturingcapabilitiesbutalso
thetechniquesutilisedtooptimiseanydesignslayoutfor
performance.Oneofthemainproblemsencounteredistherouting
oftheinterconnectionsbetweengatesandconsequentlytheuseof
structuredarchitecturesbecomesincreasinglymoreimportant.
Therepetitivestructuresthatresultallowthedesignertospend
considerablymoreeffort,thanwouldnormallybethecase,onthe
optimisationofthesmallersubcircuitsthattheoveralldesign
breaksdownto.
Aswewillinvestigatelater,andhasbeenpreviouslyidentified
underintegrationlevels(seetopic4lesson1),typicalexamples
thatfitwithinthisphilosophyarememorydevicesandgatearrays
butletusfirstofallinvestigatethesimplecaseofdatatransfer
usingtherepetitiveshiftregistersblocks.Thesedevicesrequire
twobasicbuildingblocks:
i)
ii)

ShiftRegister(S/R)storageelements,and
CombinationalLogic(C/L)controlelements.

1.1.1

DATATRANSMISSION

Adatatransmissionpathcanbeconstructedusingthefollowing
cascadearrangement:

S/R

C/L

S/R

C/L

Inordertocontrolsuchdevicesandpreventdatasimplycascading
freelydownthenetworkthenclockcontrolisnecessary.An
operationwhichisrelativelysimplewithedgetriggeredbipolar
devicesasthefinitedurationoftheclocksedgeensuresthat
insufficienttimeexistsforthecombinationallogicblocksto
propagatethedatafromthepreviousregisterstageonthroughthe
subsequentstage.Hencesingleclockcontrolispossible.
However,thisisnotthecasewithleveltriggeredCMOSdevices
asthelengthoftimethattheclockisheldattheappropriatelevel
canbegreaterthanthepropagationdelaythroughthelogicblocks
allowingdatatofreerundownthestructureuntiltheclock
changeslevel.Forthisreasonitiscommontoseemultiphase
clockoperationwhichisdesignedtoensureonlyoneclocklevel
existsatanysinglepointintime,therefore:

f1 f 2 L f n = 0

UniversityofSunderland

Page5

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

andthereforethedatapathbecomes
f1

f2

S/R

C/L

f1

S/R

C/L

S/R

AsolutionofthetypefirstencounteredwithmasterslaveJKflip
flopsinordertopreventcontinuousfeedbackaffectingoperation.

1.1.2

LOGICIMPLEMENTATION

Similarly,themultiphaseclockisrequiredfortheconstructionof
synchronousmachines(seepart1lesson1)forthesamereason:
f1

f2

S/R

C/L

S/R

Inordertokeepthestructuresregularthenthecombinational
logicblocksarethemselvesoftenrealisedinPLAorROM
structures.
WORKEDEXAMPLE1
Thefollowingsimplecircuitillustratesastructurewhichis
capableofperformingdatatransmissioninbothshiftrightand
shiftleftmodes:
SHL

DATA

SHR

TRR

TRL

SHL

DATA

Derivethenecessarycontrollogictoallow,inconjunctionwitha
twophaseclock,shiftrightoperationwhenasinglecontrolsignal
(CTRL)ishighandshiftleftoperation whenitislow.

Page6

UniversityofSunderland

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

SOLUTION
ConsiderdatamovingbetweenAandBthenthefollowing
transistorsrequireswitching:
ShiftRight: SHR,TRR,SHR,TRR,etc..
ShiftLeft:
TRL,SHL,TRL,SHL,etc..
Thereforethefollowingtableillustratesonesolutiontothe
problemwhichusestheabovesequencesforsequential
applicationsofthetwophasedclock(i.e. f1, f2, f1, f2,etc..):

ShiftRight
ShiftLeft

Thus

CTRL
CTRL

f1

f2

SHR
TRL

TRR
SHL

SHR= f1 .CTRL
TRR= f2 .CTRL
TRL= f1 .CTRL
SHL= f2 .CTRL

f1
f2
CTRL

SHL

DATA

SHR

TRR

TRL

UniversityofSunderland

DATA

Page7

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

1.2 MEMORYSTRUCTURES
Therepetitivearraystructureofmemorydevicesmakethemideal
forimplementationinVLSI.ThebasicmemorytypesbeingRAM
(RandomAccessMemory)andROM (ReadOnlyMemory)both
ofwhichwillbebrieflydiscussedbelow:

1.2.1

RANDOMACCESSMEMORY

Asthenamesuggeststhistypeofmemorycanbereadorwrite
accessedatanytimeandcomesinbothstaticanddynamicforms:
1.2.1.1
STATICRAM(SRAM)
SRAMsarebaseduponflipflopswherethememorycontents
willremainoncesetuntileitherthememoryisdeliberatelyover
writtenorthepowersupplyisturnedoff.Thebasicbuildingblock
forasinglememorycellisapairofcrosscoupledinverters.The
followingdiagramillustratingaCMOScell:

Vdd
Q3
BIT

Q4

Q5

Q6
Q1

WORD

BIT

Q2
WORD
Gnd

TowritetothememorycelltheBITandBIT lineshavetobeset
totherequiredvaluesandtheWORDlineactivated.TheNMOS
deviceswilllatchthecellandtheWORDlinecannowbede
activated.ThePMOSgatesactasloaddevicestoensurethatthe
latchiscompletedandalsocounteracttheaffectsofcharge
leakageviathepasstransistors.
ReadingisperformedbyprechargingtheBIT andBIT linesand
activatingtheWORDline.Theappropriatebitlinewilldischarge
viathecurrentlyactiveNMOSpulldowntransistortoleavethe
memorycontentsontheBITlines.
ThefollowingdiagramillustratesaSRAMcelllayout.Notethe
useofatwometalprocessinordertoachieveaccesstothebit
linesandpowersupplies.Acommonprobleminarraystructures.

Page8

UniversityofSunderland

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

VDD

GND

Bit

Word

Word

Metal

Poly

PMoat

NMoat

Bit

NWell

ACMOSSRAMCell

UniversityofSunderland

Page9

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

1.2.1.2
DYNAMICRAM(DRAM)
AsinSRAMacrosscoupledinverterstructureisusedbutthe
storageisperformedintheparasiticgate/sourcecapacitanceofthe
NMOSpulldowntransistors.Themajorbenefitisthatthe
controllingdevicesworkonanentirecolumnandhencethe
overalltransistorcountisreducedandlargermemoriescanbe
constructed.AnNMOSsolutionisshownbelow:
BIT

BIT

Sharedbyentirecolumn
Vdd
Q

v
x

Row
Line
Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Gnd

ToR/W
Amplifiers

ToR/W
Amplifiers

However,leakagecurrentscausethestoredvoltagetodecay
towardsgroundlevelsandDRAMsmustbecontinuously
refreshedtooperate correctly.Thisisachievedinarowbyrow
fashionbyselectingtheappropriaterowline(x)andpulsingthe
columnrefreshsignal(v)forapproximately1mSwhichconnects
thestoragedevicestoVddforrefreshasQ/Q1andQ/Q2actas
NMOSactiveenhancementloadinverters.Thisproceduremustbe
repeatedevery2mStosecurestoragelevels.
FromtheDRAMstructureabove,thegate/sourcecapacitorwill
discharge,fromVdd,ataratedependinguponthesizeofthe
capacitanceandtheeffectiveleakageresistanceofthepulldown
FET.Duringrefresh,thelogiclevelswillberesettosupplyrail
levelsbyreconnectingthebitlinestotheFETS.Thus,duringa
typicalrefreshcycle,thefollowingvoltagecharacteristicswillbe
seen:

Page10

UniversityofSunderland

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

VS
Vdd
Vmin

time
0

tp tr

tp

Refresh

Hold

Therefore,duringtheholdtime,(0t tp - tr ):
-

VS =Vdde

t
CGSReff

and,refresh(t p -tr t tp ):
-

VS =Vdd - (Vdd - Vmin)e

t
CGSRon

Ideally,inpracticethetimeconstantsaresuchthat(notingthat
CGSistypicallyaround50fF):
11
th = CGSReff >> (tp - tr ) asReff isintheregionof10 W,and

tr = CGSRon << tr

asRon isintheregionof104W
(seePart4lesson6).

Ensuringthatthedecayisalmostlinearandtherefreshisalmost
instantaneousincomparison,guaranteeingreestablishmentof
Vdd.

INTEXTQUESTION
InaDRAMcellthepropagationdelayalongtherowselectlinewasfoundtobelarge.Would
thewideningofthepolysiliconlineimprovethings?

ANSWER
WideningthelinewillreducetheresistanceasRpoly =(L/W)Rs.However,thiswillalso
increasethecapacitanceassociatedwiththelineby Cpoly =(L*W)Cs andthereforetheoverall
propagationdelay, tpoly=CpolyRpoly willremainthesameatL2CsRs.

UniversityofSunderland

Page11

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

WORKEDEXAMPLE2
ADRAMcellisconstructedusingapulldownFETof
gate/sourcecapacitance50fF.Ifavoltageof3.8Vistheminimum
thatcanberecognizedandaperiodof2mSandrefreshtimeof
1mSistobeused,whatwouldbetheminimumpermissible
leakageresistanceoftheFET?
SOLUTION
Actual:
Basedupontheaboverelationshipforthedecayof
thegate/sourcecapacitorthenrearrangingprovides:
Reff =

Linear:

(t - t )
p

V
- CGS loge min
Vdd

(2 10

- 1 10- 6)
= 1.46 1011W
-15
- 50 10 loge(3.8/5)
-3

Assumingthatalineardecayrateexiststhenthe
changeinchargeexperiencedbythecapacitoris

DQ = CGSDVS = 50 10-15(5- 3.8)= 60 10-15C

Hencetheeffectiveresistanceitexperiences,linearlyfromVdd is:
Reff =

V VDt 5(2 10-3 - 1 10-6)


=
=
= 1.66 1011W
-15
I DQ
60 10

Note:
Evaluatingtherelationshipsforthelinearapproachprovides
Reff =

Vdd(tp - tr)
CGS(Vdd - Vmin)

(t - t )
p

V - V
CGS dd min
Vdd

(t - t )
p

V
CGS1- min
Vdd

However,since loge (1+x) x as x0 thentheabove


equationscanbeshowntobeidenticalwhen
V - Vdd Vmin
x= min
=
- 1 0,
Vdd
Vdd

Hencethetworelationshipsbecomeequivalentas Vmin Vdd .


Thedesiredresult!

Page12

UniversityofSunderland

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

ForhighcapacityDRAMdevicesthenasingleNMOSdeviceis
usedtocontrolmemorystorageinacapacitor.Refreshisstill
requiredasleakageproblemsstillexist:
BIT

Row
Line

CC

VC
CR

VR

y
ToR/W
Amplifiers

Themajorproblemwiththisstructureisthatthereadingoperation
destroysthecellsmemorycontentsasthechargeeachcell
containsdissipatesintotheread/writedatalinescapacitance,CR.
Aproblemthatisfurthercompoundedbythefactthatthereare
manycellsconnectedtotheBIT datalineandhenceCR >>CC ,
thusVR<<VC.
WORKEDEXAMPLE3
ForasingleMOSDRAMcellwhichstoresachargethatproduces
VC voltsacrossCC.Whatisthevoltageseenbytheread
amplifiersifthebitlinecapacitanceisCR? Assumingthattheread
lineisinitiallyuncharged.
SOLUTION
Priortoactivatingtherowlinesignal,X,andreadsignal,Y,all
thechargeisstoredinthecellitself (VR* =0),thus
QT =CCVC
However,afterthesignalshavebeenactivatedthischargeis
sharedbetweenthecellandtheBITlinecapacitances.Asthese
arenowinparallelthechargeisredistributedsothatthefinal
voltageVR is:
QT =CCVR+CRVR =(CC+CR)VR
Thus,assumingnochargeislost,then

UniversityofSunderland

Page13

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

CC
VC
V R =
CC + CR

1.2.1.3
PHOTOSENSITIVERAM
CMOSCamerasareconstructedusingsingleMOSRAM
structuresbutwithareversebiasedphotodiode,formedby
extendingandexposingthesourceregionofastandardMOS,
whichisconnectedtothecellcontrollingMOSdevicestransistors
source.Thusdischargingitsgatecapacitanceataratewhichis
proportionaltotheincidentlightandhencetheresultingstored
potentialformsagreyscaleimageoftheincidentlightatthat
particularcellslocation.Eachcellthereforerepresentingasingle
pixeloftheoverallimageandtheentirearraysurfacetheimage
itself.Theimageisreadinthenormalmannerviaeachcolumns
ownchargesenseamplifier.
Column
Line

Row
Line

ToR/W
Amplifiers

INTEXTQUESTION
Howcouldtheabovetechnologybeconvertedtoprovidecolourimages?

ANSWER
Acolourimageismadepossibleusingsuitablefilterstoisolatered,greenandbluelight
individuallystoreeachindividuallevelonacellasabove.Thereforerequiringthreecellsfor
everypixelintheimage.

Page14

UniversityofSunderland

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

1.2.2

READONLYMEMORY

Asthenamesuggeststhistypeofmemorycanonlybereadandis
normallyusedincomputerstostoretheoperatingsystemsdueto
itslongtermstability (barringcircuitfailure).ROMdevicesare
programmedatmanufacturebythecreation/noncreationofMOS
devicesintheappropriatecelllocationsmakingtheminflexible
andhenceunsuitablefordevelopment.Toovercomethisproblem
programmabledevicesarealsoavailable(PROMs)andcomein
variousstructures,someofthemostcommonbeing:

1.2.2.1
ERASABLEPROM(EPROM)
ThistechnologyusesadoublegateNMOStransistorstructure
oftencalledafloatinggateavalancheinjectionMOS(FAMOS)
gate:
Vdd

ToR/W
Amplifiers

Gate2

Drain

Word
Line

x
Source

Gate1
n+

n+
psubs
psub
BIT

Gate1isleftfloating(electricallyisolated)andisusedtocontrol
theoperationoftheNMOSchannel.Toprogrammethecellthena
largepositivevoltage,typically25V,isappliedbetweenGate2
andthedrainoftheFAMOSdeviceandtheresultinghigh
electricalfieldinthedepletionregionaboutthedraincauses
avalanchebreakdownofthePNjunction.Thisallowselectrons,
whichareacceleratedbythelargeelectricalfield,topenetratethe
insulatinglayerandaccumulateonGate1.Thenownegatively
chargedgatewillpreventformulationofachannelinthe
depletionregion andthecellsFAMOSdeviceisnowincapableof
pullingtheappropriatedatalinelow.Hencealogichighoutputis
programmingonthecell.
Becauseoftheinsulatingpropertiesofthesilicondioxidethis
chargecanremainformanyyears.However,assilicondioxide
becomesmoreconductivewhenexposedtoUVlightthenthis
canbeusedtoresetthedevice,byallowingthestoredelectronsto
migratefromtheisolatedgate.

UniversityofSunderland

Page15

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

1.2.2.2

ELECTRICALLYERASABLEPROMS
(EEPROMS)
ThemajorproblemwithEPROMisthewindowcreatedinthe
package,thefactthatplasticpackagingisnegatedbytheneedto
exposeittoUVlightandthesubsequentexposuretimetakento
erasememory.EEPROMisbasicallythesamestructureas
EPROMexceptthattheGate1insulatinglayersareconsiderably
thinner,typicallyintheregionof100A.Thisallowspenetrationof
electronstotheisolatedgateviaquantummechanicaltunneling
affectsfortheapplicationofapproximately10V.Usingsuchlow
voltagelevelsthenthememorycellscanbeerasedbyapplying
theprogrammingvoltageinreversewithoutdamagingthe
structure,amuchmoreefficientprocedurethanforEPROM.

1.2.3

CHARGECOUPLEDDEVICES
(CCDS)

BasicallyMOStransistorsdesignedwithalongchannelwith
thousandsoftinycloselyspacedgatesbetweenthesourceandthe
drain.Eachgateeffectivelyformingacapacitorbetweenitselfand
thesubstratewhosechargecanbetransferredalongthestructure.
Thisisachievedbyapplyingapositivevoltage(withrespectto
thegroundedsubstrate)profiletoeachgateinturn,seebelow:
Therebycreatingdepletionregionsinthechannel,andunderthe
gateconcerned,andformingpotentialenergywellswithinwhich
mobileminoritycarriersfromthesubstratecanbeattracted.

f1
f2
f3
123456n

psubs

T1Period

T2Period

T3Period

Page16

T4Period

UniversityofSunderland

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

Inordertocontrolthepassageofthechargepacketsalongthe
structure,startingwithachargepacketinlocation1,thenthe
aboveillustratesthelocationsoftheelectronholdingenergywells
toallowthedataheldinposition 1tobepassedontolocation2.
Thereforethreephasesarerequiredtoallowforthenecessary
phaseoverlap,whilstavoidingfreerundownthestructure,
althoughitispossibletoconstructtwophasedevicesusing
overlappinggates.Toworkeffectively thenthesedevicesmustbe
operatedathighfrequencies,upto30MHz,andtheirminimum
operatingfrequency,typically10kHz,isrestrictedbecause
thermallygeneratedcarriersbecometrappedinemptywellsandin
timecanleadtoachangeinlogicstatefromlowtohigh.
Theserialnatureofthesedevicesgenerallymakethemunsuitable
formemorystoragedevicesbuttheyarecommonlyusedfor
imageanddigitalsignalprocessingduetotheirveryhighdensity.

UniversityofSunderland

Page17

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Page18

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

UniversityofSunderland

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

SUMMARY
Theimportanceofregulararray structurestoachievetheVLSI
benefitswithminimdesignefforthasbeenintroduced.Asthe
mostefficientprocessesforthisarememorydevicesthenthis
lessonhasconcentrateduponthem.
Followingonwiththeregulararraystructurephilosophythengate
arraysprovidestructuresforprogrammablelogicarchitecture.
Eachofthearchitecturesoffervariouslevelsofimplementation
andvendorspecificsubvariantswithinthem.Typicalsub
categoriesinclude:
SimpleProgrammableLogicDevices(SPLDs),
ComplexProgrammableLogicDevices(CPLDs),and

FieldProgrammableGateArrays(FPGAs)

FieldProgrammableInterConnect(FPICs)

Thefollowinglessonwilllookattheselogicimplementation
structures.

UniversityofSunderland

Page19

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Page20

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

UniversityofSunderland

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

SELFASSESSMENTQUESTIONS
QUESTION1
Usingthesolutiontoworkedexample1,whatlogiccontrolisrequiredtoholdthedatainits
currentlocation?
QUESTION2
If theSRAMcellofsection 1.2.1.1hadbothBITlinesgroundedandtheWORDlinesseparated
forcontrolpurposeswhatlogicfunctionwouldresultattheinverteroutputs?
QUESTION3
A256kSRAMdevice,offeaturesize2mm,isconstructedusingminimumwidthdesignforthe
polysiliconwordselectlinesandassociatedtransistorchannels.Iftheselectlinesare4mmlong
onthechipsurfacethen,assumingasquarearchitecture,estimatetheirpropagationdelay(seethe
MOSISvaluesinPart4Lesson5).
QUESTION4
ADRAMcellisconstructedusingapulldownFETofgate/sourcecapacitance40fFandleakage
current1nA.Whatwouldbetheminimumtimebetweenrefreshesiftheminimumvoltagethat
canbereadis3.8Vfromasupplyof5V.
QUESTION5
ForthesingletransistorDRAMdeviceshowninsection 1.2.1.2:
(a) DevelopanalternativeexpressionfortheBITreadvoltageiftheBITlinehastheinitial
voltage,VR*,andnotzeroasassumedinworkedexample3.
(b)Rearrangetheaboveequationintermsofthechangeinreadvoltage.
(c) WhatwouldbethemaximumallowablecapacitanceoftheBITlineifthecellscapacitance
was40fFandtheminimumtriggervalueforthesenseamplifierswas80mV.Youmay
assumethatthesmallestchangeincellvoltagethatwillallowasuccessfulreadisVdd/2
(whereVdd =5V).

UniversityofSunderland

Page21

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Page22

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

UniversityofSunderland

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

ANSWERSTOSELFASSESSMENTQUESTIONS
ANSWER1
Inordertoholddatathenitmustberecirculatedaroundthetransmissioncells.Thiscanbe
achievedintwoways:
CircleCW: SHR,SHL,SHR,SHL,etc.
CircleACW: TRL,TRR,TRL,TRR,etc.
Withthepreviouscontrolsignalsfortheaboveoperations,i.e.

ShiftRight
ShiftLeft

CTRL
CTRL

f1
SHR
TRL

f2
TRR
SHL

Thenthesolutionistotogglethestatusofthecontrolsignal,CTRL,witheachclockphase.

ANSWER2
Hence,thecircuitbecomes
Vdd

f2

f1

Gnd

Thus
A
0
0
1
1

B
0
1
0
1

f1
f2
NoChange
1
0
0
1
Race

AnRSFlipFlop(f1 =Q,f2 =Q,withA=Reset,B=Set).

UniversityofSunderland

Page23

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

ANSWER3
Forasquare256kmemory (218 gates) thenitwillhave512*512gates.Henceeachselectlinewill
drive512devicesandasminimumMOSISdimensionsare2lwideforthepolysiliconand2l*2l
areaforthegatesthen:
Totalselectlinearea=4mm*2l = 4mm*2(2mm) = 16000mm2
GateArea=512*(2l*2l)=512*2(2mm)*2(2mm)=8192mm2
Henceeffectivepolysiliconarea(nongate)is160008192=7808mm2
Nowfrom Table2inPart4Lesson5,thentheinputcapacitanceassociatedwiththeselectline
(l=2mm) is:
Cin =Cg +Cpoly =8192(0.8)+7808(0.06)=6553.6fF+468.48fF=7.022pF
FromTable1inPart4Lesson5,thentheresistanceofthepolysilicon(assuminganaverage
value)is22.5W/o,asthepolysiliconis4mmlongand(2(2mm))widethen
Rpoly =(4mm/(2(2mm))*22.5=1000*22.5=22.5kW
Thusthepropagationdelaytimeconstantis:
tselect =Rpoly*Cin =22.5e+3*7.022e12=158ns=0.158ms

ANSWER4
Assumingconstantleakagecurrentthen
IL =-

dQ d(CGSVS )
d(VS )
=
= -CGS
dt
dt
dt

Therefore,asallchangesareassumedlinear,then
IL =-

DQ
D (VS )
= -CGS
Dt
Dt

andtherefore
Dt = -CGS

Page24

D(VS )
(3.8- 5)
= -40 10-15
= 48ms
- 9
IL
1 10

UniversityofSunderland

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

ANSWER5
(a) Thetotalchargeinthesystemmustbethesamebeforeandaftertheread,
hence
QT =CCVC+CRVR* =CCVR+CRVR
*

C V + CRVR
VR = C C
CC + CR

Therefore

(b)SubtractingVR* frombothsidesthen
*
C V + CRVR
CC
*
*
*

VR -VR = C C
- VR = VC - VR
CC + CR
CC + CR

(c) From (b)above,rearranging(intermsofCR)


V - V *

2.5
CR = C R* - 1CC =
- 140fF = 1210fF
0
.
08
V
V

R R

(
(

)
)

UniversityofSunderland

Page25

ElectronicSystemsDesign(ELX304)

Page26

Lesson1Regulararraystructures

UniversityofSunderland

You might also like