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Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 319-332

Ultralow-voltage process-variation-tolerant schmitt-trigger-based SRAM design

Author keywords

Low voltage SRAM; process tolerance; Schmitt Trigger (ST); V min

Indexed keywords

BITCELL; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; PROCESS TOLERANCE; PROCESS VARIATION; SCHMITT-TRIGGER (ST); SRAM DESIGN; STATIC NOISE MARGIN; STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; TECHNOLOGY NODES; ULTRA-LOW-VOLTAGE; WRITE OPERATIONS;

EID: 84856277403     PISSN: 10638210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVLSI.2010.2100834     Document Type: Article
Times cited : (181)

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