- Patent Title: Tamper-resistant non-volatile memory device comprising an arithmetic circuit that, in operation, calculates a binary reference value based on at least a part of the pieces of resistance value information, a read circuit that, in operation, selectively assigns, based on the binary reference value, one of two values to each of the pieces of resistance value information, and a write circuit that, in operation, performs a write operation corresponding to one of the two values among memory cells
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Application No.: US14938755Application Date: 2015-11-11
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Publication No.: US09653161B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Yuhei Yoshimoto , Yoshikazu Katoh
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2014-236708 20141121
- Main IPC: G11C11/00
- IPC: G11C11/00 ; G11C13/00 ; G11C16/20

Abstract:
A non-volatile memory device includes a memory cell array including memory cells, each having a resistance value reversibly transitioning among resistance value ranges, a read circuit that, in operation, obtains pieces of resistance value information each relating to the resistance value of one of the memory cells, an arithmetic circuit that, in operation, calculates a binary reference value based on at least a part of the pieces of resistance value information, and a write circuit. In operation, the read circuit selectively assigns, based on the binary reference value, one of two values to each of the pieces of resistance value information. In operation, the write circuit performs a first write operation on a memory cell corresponding to one of the two values among the memory cells.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160148680A1 TAMPER-RESISTANT NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-05-26
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