Low Power Radiation Hardened SRAM Cells

V. Seetha*, P. Deepa **
*-** Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Periodicity:July - December'2020
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jcir.8.2.18091

Abstract

This paper presents low power radiation hardened cells. In this paper, two designs are proposed namely Interleaving Stacked Cell 12T (ILS 12T) and Radiation Hardened by Design 14T (RHBD 14T) SRAM cell design, in order to make the cell tolerant to single event upset and partially tolerant to double node upset. The new designed SRAM cell is ineffective to both 0-1 and 1-0 upset. The simulation software Cadence Virtuoso simulation tool is employed and it analysed a reduction in power.

Keywords

Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Single Event Upset, Stacked Cell, Cell Design.

How to Cite this Article?

Seetha, V., and Deepa, P. (2020). Low Power Radiation Hardened SRAM Cells. i-manager's Journal on Circuits and Systems, 8(2), 22-28. https://doi.org/10.26634/jcir.8.2.18091

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