Abstract
An energy efficient VPP generator with fast ramp-up time for mobile DRAM is presented in this paper. Instead of using a fixed pumping clock frequency as in the conventional VPP generator, the proposed V PP generator adopts a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) and uses variable pumping frequencies to improve the ramp-up time as well as energy efficiency. Numerical results show that the VCO based VPP generators achieve energy savings of up to 34% with 40% improvement on ramp-up time when compared to the conventional ring oscillator (RO) based design. Our proposed VPP generator, which uses a three-stage voltage doubler as a charge pump, was implemented and fabricated in CMOS 0.13 μm process. The V PP generator chip's core occupies 0.6 mm2 area and consumes 1162 nJ (average power of 47.8 mW during 24 μs ramp-up time) while generating 3.0 V output voltage with 1.0 nF load capacitor, 2.0 mA current load and 1.2 V supply voltage.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 5767518 |
Pages (from-to) | 1488-1494 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 Jun |
Keywords
- Charge pump
- V generator
- mobile DRAM
- voltage controlled oscillator
- voltage doubler
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering