import design import debug import utils from tech import GDS,layer, parameter,drc 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"] (width,height) = utils.get_libcell_size("sense_amp", GDS["unit"], layer["boundary"]) pin_map = utils.get_libcell_pins(pin_names, "sense_amp", GDS["unit"]) 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 def input_load(self): #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/parameter["min_tx_size"])#ff def analytical_delay(self, corner, slew, load=0.0): from tech import spice r = spice["min_tx_r"]/(10) c_para = spice["min_tx_drain_c"] result = self.cal_delay_with_rc(corner, r = r, c = c_para+load, slew = slew) return self.return_delay(result.delay, result.slew) 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