OpenRAM/compiler/modules/sense_amp.py

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# of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
# (acting for and on behalf of Oklahoma State University)
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import design
import debug
import utils
from tech import GDS,layer, parameter,drc
from globals import OPTS
import logical_effort

class sense_amp(design.design):
    """
    This module implements the single sense amp cell used in the design. It
    is a hand-made cell, so the layout and netlist should be available in
    the technology library.
    Sense amplifier to read a pair of bit-lines.
    """

    pin_names = ["bl", "br", "dout", "en", "vdd", "gnd"]
    type_list = ["INPUT", "INPUT", "OUTPUT", "INPUT", "POWER", "GROUND"]
    if not OPTS.netlist_only:
        (width,height) = utils.get_libcell_size("sense_amp", GDS["unit"], layer["boundary"])
        pin_map = utils.get_libcell_pins(pin_names, "sense_amp", GDS["unit"])
    else:
        (width, height) = (0,0)
        pin_map = []

    def __init__(self, name):
        design.design.__init__(self, name)
        debug.info(2, "Create sense_amp")

        self.width = sense_amp.width
        self.height = sense_amp.height
        self.pin_map = sense_amp.pin_map
        self.add_pin_types(self.type_list)
        
    def get_cin(self):
    
        # FIXME: This input load will be applied to both the s_en timing and bitline timing.
        
        #Input load for the bitlines which are connected to the source/drain of a TX. Not the selects.
        from tech import spice, parameter
        # Default is 8x. Per Samira and Hodges-Jackson book:
        # "Column-mux transistors driven by the decoder must be sized for optimal speed"
        bitline_pmos_size = 8 #FIXME: This should be set somewhere and referenced. Probably in tech file.
        return spice["min_tx_drain_c"]*(bitline_pmos_size)#ff   
        
    def get_stage_effort(self, load):
        #Delay of the sense amp will depend on the size of the amp and the output load.
        parasitic_delay = 1
        cin = (parameter["sa_inv_pmos_size"] + parameter["sa_inv_nmos_size"])/drc("minwidth_tx")
        sa_size = parameter["sa_inv_nmos_size"]/drc("minwidth_tx")
        cc_inv_cin = cin
        return logical_effort.logical_effort('column_mux', sa_size, cin, load+cc_inv_cin, parasitic_delay, False)

    def analytical_power(self, corner, load):
        """Returns dynamic and leakage power. Results in nW"""
        #Power in this module currently not defined. Returns 0 nW (leakage and dynamic).
        total_power = self.return_power()
        return total_power

    def get_en_cin(self):
        """Get the relative capacitance of sense amp enable gate cin"""
        pmos_cin = parameter["sa_en_pmos_size"]/drc("minwidth_tx")
        nmos_cin = parameter["sa_en_nmos_size"]/drc("minwidth_tx")
        #sen is connected to 2 pmos isolation TX and 1 nmos per sense amp.
        return 2*pmos_cin + nmos_cin
    
    def get_enable_name(self):
        """Returns name used for enable net"""
        #FIXME: A better programmatic solution to designate pins
        enable_name = "en"
        debug.check(enable_name in self.pin_names, "Enable name {} not found in pin list".format(enable_name))
        return enable_name
    
    def build_graph(self, graph, inst_name, port_nets):        
        """Adds edges based on inputs/outputs. Overrides base class function."""
        self.add_graph_edges(graph, port_nets)