Low-Power Switched Current Memory Cell with CMOS-Type Configuration

Masashi KATO  Nobuyuki TERADA  Hirofumi OHATA  Eisuke ARAI  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics   Vol.E91-C   No.1   pp.120-121
Publication Date: 2008/01/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1353
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e91-c.1.120
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: LETTER
Category: Electronic Circuits
Keyword: 
switched current,  low-power,  CMOS-type,  memory cell,  

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Summary: 
This letter presents a low-power switched current (SI) memory cell with CMOS-type configuration. By combining nMOS and pMOS in the SI memory cell and using a polarity discrimination circuit, we design a CMOS-type SI memory cell which eliminates the quiescent current in the SI memory cell. The simulation result shows that the CMOS-type SI memory cell consumes less power than the conventional class-AB memory cell.