Research Article

Leakage Immune Modified Pass Transistor Based 8T SRAM Cell in Subthreshold Region

Table 1

Results of conventional and modified access transistors logic at 0.4 V supply in 45 nm technology.

Access transistor typeEnable Enable 
EN = 1 for NMOS = 0 for PMOSEN = 0 for NMOS = 1 for PMOSOperation
(ON condition)(OFF condition)
Input given at node (V)Output at node (V)Input at node (V)Output at node (V) Turn-onTurn-off

N (MN5/MN6)0.40.2470.40.097ProperDegraded
P0.40.4000.40.350ProperDegraded
NP0.40.4000.40.400ProperDegraded
PP0.40.4000.40.361ProperDegraded
PN0.40.4000.40.000ProperProper
NN0.40.0380.4 0.000DegradedProper