On-Chip Aging Prediction Circuit in Nanometer Digital Circuits

Abstract

In nanometer technology, accurate circuit aging prediction of MOSFET digital circuits caused by aging phenominon is one of the most critical issues for more reliable adaptive tuning system design. This paper proposes a new on-chip aging sensor circuit to predit and detect a circuit failure caused by BTI and HCI aging effects on digital circuits. The proposed circuit is based on timing warning windows to warn against a guardband violation of sequential circuits, and generates three warning bits right before circuit failures occur.

Meeting Name

International SoC Design Conference: ISOCC (2014: Nov. 3-6, Jeju, South Korea)

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sponsor(s)

IC Design Education Center (IDEC)

Comments

This work was supported by IC Design Education Center (IDEC).

Keywords and Phrases

Digital Circuits; Integrated Circuits; MOSFET Devices; Programmable Logic Controllers; Adaptive Tuning; Aging Effects; Circuit Aging; Circuit Failures; Critical Issues; Guard-Band; Nanometer Technology; Sensor Circuit; Timing Circuits; Aging Effect; Aging Sensor; Guardband Violation

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-1479951260; 978-1479951277

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Nov 2014

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