A Process-Variation-Tolerant On-Chip CMOS Thermometer for Auto Temperature Compensated Self-Refresh of Low-Power Mobile DRAM
- Authors
- Shim, Daeyong; Jeong, Hyunsik; Lee, Hyunjoong; Rhee, Cyuyeol; Jeong, Deog-Kyoon; Kim, Suhwan
- Issue Date
- Oct-2013
- Publisher
- IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
- Keywords
- Low-power; mobile DRAM; self-refresh; temperature sensor; thermometer
- Citation
- IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, v.48, no.10, pp.2550 - 2557
- Journal Title
- IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS
- Volume
- 48
- Number
- 10
- Start Page
- 2550
- End Page
- 2557
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/88626
- DOI
- 10.1109/JSSC.2013.2272338
- ISSN
- 0018-9200
- Abstract
- Smaller transistors mean that capacitors are charged less uniformly, which increases the self-refresh current in the DRAMs used in mobile devices. Adaptive self-refresh using an on-chip thermometer can solve this problem. We propose an on-chip CMOS thermometer specifically designed for controlling the refresh period of a DRAM. This thermometer includes a novel temperature sensor which has been implemented and integrated into an LPDDR2 chip. The LPDDR2 chip is fabricated in a 44-nm DRAM process. The sensor has a temperature sensitivity of -3.2 mV/degrees C, over a range of 0 degrees C to 110 degrees C. Its resolution is 1.94 degrees C and is only limited by the 6.2-mV step of the associated resistor ladder not by its own design. The linearity of the sensor permits one-point calibration, after which the errors in 61 sample circuits ranged between -1.42 degrees C and +2.66 degrees C. The sensor has an active area of 0.001725 mm and consumes less than 0.36 mu W on average with a supply of 1.1 V. At its lowest operating temperature, this thermometer reduces the IDD6 current of the LPDDR2 chip by almost half.
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