DRAM Circuit Design: A Tutorial

by Brent Keeth and R. Jacob Baker

More dynamic random access memory (DRAM) circuits are manufactured than any other integrated circuit (IC) in production today, with annual sales in excess of US$25 billion. In the last two decades, most DRAM literature focused on the user rather than the chip designer. This comprehensive reference makes DRAM IC design accessible to both novice and practicing engineers, with a wealth of information available in one volume. DRAM chips contain both analog...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0780360141
• ISBN13: 9780780360143
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

DRAM Circuit Design book review

All you need to design dram. However, it is for processes optimized for dram, and not generic processes. Specifically, the use of special storage cap structures that are not generally available make embedded dram no more cost effective the sram. The book will show you why, but doesn't address embedded dram issues.

Great book for the beginner or the intermediate circuit designer

This book is a great introduction into DRAM circuit design. Not only does it provide a high level description of DRAM architecture, it also clearly explains the sub blocks that comprise the entire DRAM. Transistor level circuit diagrams and critical timing waveforms are provided to more clearly describe each block. In many cases, the author provides more than one circuit solution and demonstrates the advantages and disadvantages of each. This book is easy to read, practical, informative, and well worth the price for anyone who is considering DRAM circuit design as a career or just simply wants to know more about these types of circuits. Well done!

Easy and practical

I like this book because the authors explain the DRAM concept in plain Ebglish. Besides the easy-to-understand part, the authors also list the reasons why certains things cannot be done. I think this is great because most of books only tell the readers how to design the circuit but fail to mention the tradeoff behind that.Overall, this book is really a good tutorial for people who are interested in the DRAM design.

concise and practical

As an EE student in CMOS VLSI design, I find that this book is very useful to erase the gap between the classic CMOS digital/analog design textbooks and journals, such as IEEE J. solid state circuits. Chapter 3 Array architecture is particularly interesting. Strongly recommend this book to the students who are interested in pursuing a career in CMOS VLSI design.

Good tutorial into memory design field.

After reading the book, in my opinion, it covers the major points of memory design. From functional overview, memory cell, array architecture, decoding, redundancy to interface. Attached with major circuit diagrams, as well as waveforms that show cricial signal timings, I think this book serves as a complete overview to DRAM design. Another plus is the reference paper listing in the book is clear and helpful to the readers who want to continue to explore in the field.