SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

A four-interleaving HBD SRAM cell based on dual DICE for multiple node collection mitigation

Lin Liu1, , Suge Yue1, 2 and Shijin Lu1

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 Corresponding author: Liu Lin, Email: liulin19830703@126.com

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Abstract: A 4-interleaving cell of 2-dual interlocked cells (DICE) is proposed, which reduces single event induced multiple node collection between the sensitive nodes of sensitive pairs in a DICE storage cell in 65 nm technology. The technique involves the 4-interleaving of dual DICE cells at a layout level to meet the required spacing between sensitive nodes in an area-efficient manner. Radiation experiments using a 65 nm CMOS test chip demonstrate that the LETth of our 4-interleaving cell of dual DICE encounters are almost 4× larger and the SEU cross section per bit for our proposed dual DICE design is almost two orders of magnitude less compared to the reference traditional DICE cell.

Key words: single event upset (SEU)hardened-by-design (HBD)multi-node upset (MNU)



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Fig. 1.  Schematic of the DICE cell. (a) DICE1. (b) DICE2.

Fig. 2.  Layout configuration for a SRAM DICE cell.

Fig. 3.  Layout configuration for the new 2-DICE interleaving cell.

Fig. 4.  3D model of the simulated 2-DICE interleaving storage element.

Fig. 5.  LET upset threshold as a function of tilt angle for 2-DICE interleaving storage element at an azimuth angle of 320$^\circ$,and for traditional DICE cell at an azimuth angle of 300$^\circ$.

Fig. 6.  The layout of the 128 kb SRAM circuit with 2-DICE interleaving design method.

Table 1.   Sensitive node pair in DICE1 cell with different layout.

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Table 2.   Heavy ion results.

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    Received: 11 June 2015 Revised: Online: Published: 01 November 2015

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      Lin Liu, Suge Yue, Shijin Lu. A four-interleaving HBD SRAM cell based on dual DICE for multiple node collection mitigation[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2015, 36(11): 115007. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/11/115007 L Liu, S G Yue, S J Lu. A four-interleaving HBD SRAM cell based on dual DICE for multiple node collection mitigation[J]. J. Semicond., 2015, 36(11): 115007. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/11/115007.Export: BibTex EndNote
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      Lin Liu, Suge Yue, Shijin Lu. A four-interleaving HBD SRAM cell based on dual DICE for multiple node collection mitigation[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2015, 36(11): 115007. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/11/115007

      L Liu, S G Yue, S J Lu. A four-interleaving HBD SRAM cell based on dual DICE for multiple node collection mitigation[J]. J. Semicond., 2015, 36(11): 115007. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/11/115007.
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      A four-interleaving HBD SRAM cell based on dual DICE for multiple node collection mitigation

      doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/11/115007
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      • Corresponding author: Liu Lin, Email: liulin19830703@126.com
      • Received Date: 2015-06-11
      • Accepted Date: 2015-07-23
      • Published Date: 2015-01-25

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