access icon free Skew cancellation technique for >256-Gbyte/s high-bandwidth memory (HBM)

The skews among multi-Gbit/s data signals of through-silicon-via-based parallel DRAM interface are cancelled without any overhead on DRAM dies. All the skew cancelling circuits are realised on a logic die which cancels the write and read path skews separately. A prototype chip with the proposed skew cancellation has been implemented in a 65 nm standard CMOS technology. After the skew cancellation, the residual skew of read and write paths are 12 and 18 ps, respectively.

Inspec keywords: three-dimensional integrated circuits; CMOS memory circuits; DRAM chips

Other keywords: parallel DRAM interface; size 65 nm; HBM; high bandwidth memory; skew cancellation technique; CMOS technology; through-silicon-via; skew cancelling circuits

Subjects: Memory circuits; Semiconductor integrated circuit design, layout, modelling and testing; CMOS integrated circuits; Semiconductor storage

http://iet.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journals/10.1049/el.2015.4001
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