This easy-to-read tutorial focuses on the chip designer rather than the user. It covers the transistor-level design of DRAM building blocks, including architecture and the array, voltage regulators and pumps, and peripheral circuits. Dram Circuit Design presents both standard and high-speed implementations in a balanced approach to help IC designers prepare for the future.

Dram Circuit Design includes:

• details of delay-locked loops (DLLs)
• digital phase-locked loops (DPLLs)
• output circuit paths including transmission lines
• terminations, and protocols

Contents

1. An Introduction to DRAM
2. The DRAM Array
3. Array Architectures
4. The Peripheral Circuitry
5. Global Circuitry and Considerations
6. Voltage Converters
7. An Introduction to High-Speed DRAM
8. High-Speed Die Architectures
9. Input Circuit Paths
10. Output Circuit Paths
11. Timing Circuits
12. Control Logic Design
13. Power Delivery
14. Future Work in High-Performance Memory

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