A 0.31-1 GHz fast-corrected duty-cycle corrector with successive approximation register for DDR DRAM applications

Young Jae Min, Chan Hui Jeong, Kyu Young Kim, Won Ho Choi, Jong Pil Son, Chulwoo Kim, Soo Won Kim

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Abstract

This brief presents a duty cycle corrector (DCC) using a binary search algorithm with successive approximation register (SAR). The proposed DCC consists of a duty-cycle detector, a duty-cycle adjuster, its controller and an output buffer. In order to achieve fast duty-correction with a small die area, a SAR-controller is exploited as a duty-correction controller. The proposed DCC circuit has been implemented and fabricated in a 0.13-μm CMOS process and occupies 0.048 mm 2. The measured duty-cycle error for the 50% duty-rate is below ±1% (or ±10 pS) within ±320 pS external input duty-cycle error. The duty of output signal is corrected only with 14 cycles. This DCC operates from 312.5 MHz to 1 GHz and dissipates 3.2 mW at 1 GHz.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5930339
Pages (from-to)1524-1528
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems
Volume20
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Keywords

  • DRAM
  • Double data rate (DDR)
  • duty-cycle corrector (DCC)
  • successive approximation register (SAR) controller

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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