System redundancy; A means of improving process variation yield degradation in memory arrays

Ahmed M. Eltawil, Fadi J. Kurdahi

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Abstract

This paper addresses the fact that memory yield will be the dominant issue affecting overall yield in nano-seale devices. It illustrates that by treating yield as a system design parameter, tremendous gains in effective chip yield can be achieved. The techniques outlined are especially suited for applications that have inherent system redundancy such as wireless communication. In that context, the paper illustrates a that system redundancy can easily tolerate up to 1% bit errors in memory while meeting system specifications such as bit error rate (BER) metrics. ©2006 IEEE.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2006 International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test, VLSI-DAT 2006 - Proceedings of Technical Papers
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2007
Externally publishedYes

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