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On-Chip Process Variation Sensor Based on Sub-Threshold Leakage Current with Weak Bias Voltages

Lyu et al., 2019

Document ID
18181638081535873572
Author
Lyu S
Shi Z
Publication year
Publication venue
2019 International Conference on IC Design and Technology (ICICDT)

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Process variation becomes a vital factor affecting chip reliability as IC feature size continues to shrink. An on-chip process variation sensor can monitor the real-time variation in critical transistor characteristics. This paper proposes an on-chip sensor based on MOSFET sub …
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