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公开(公告)号:US10600794B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-24
申请号:US16160812
申请日:2018-10-15
发明人: Chunming Wang , Andy Liu , Xian Liu , Leo Xing , Melvin Diao , Nhan Do
IPC分类号: H01L29/66 , H01L29/788 , H01L29/423 , H01L27/11521 , H01L27/11524 , H01L21/28
摘要: A twin bit memory cell includes first and second spaced apart floating gates formed in first and second trenches in the upper surface of a semiconductor substrate. An erase gate, or a pair of erase gates, are disposed over and insulated from the floating gates, respectively. A word line gate is disposed over and insulated from a portion of the upper surface that is between the first and second trenches. A first source region is formed in the substrate under the first trench, and a second source region formed in the substrate under the second trench. A continuous channel region of the substrate extends from the first source region, along a side wall of the first trench, along the portion of the upper surface that is between the first and second trenches, along a side wall of the second trench, and to the second source region.
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公开(公告)号:US10586598B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-10
申请号:US16025039
申请日:2018-07-02
发明人: Vipin Tiwari , Nhan Do
摘要: A memory device that includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in rows and columns, a plurality of bit lines each connected to one of the columns of memory cells, and a plurality of differential sense amplifiers each having first and second inputs and an output. For each of the differential sense amplifiers, the differential sense amplifier is configured to generate an output signal on the output having an amplitude that is based upon a difference in signal amplitudes on the first and second inputs, the first input is connected to one of the bit lines, and the second input is connected to another one of the bit lines. Alternately, one or more sense amplifiers are configured to detect signal amplitudes on the bit lines, and the device includes calculation circuitry configured to produce output signals each based upon a difference in signal amplitudes on two of the bit lines.
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公开(公告)号:US10586595B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-10
申请号:US16118272
申请日:2018-08-30
发明人: Xiaozhou Qian , Kai Man Yue , Guang Yan Luo
摘要: A method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing the coupling that otherwise can arise between word lines and control gate lines in a flash memory system due to parasitic capacitance and parasitic resistance. The flash memory system comprises an array of flash memory cells organized into rows and columns, where each row is coupled to a word line and a control gate line.
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公开(公告)号:US10580492B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-03
申请号:US16107282
申请日:2018-08-21
发明人: Vipin Tiwari , Nhan Do
IPC分类号: G11C16/04 , H01L27/11521 , H01L27/11524 , G06N3/06 , G06N3/063 , G11C16/24
摘要: A memory array with memory cells arranged in rows and columns. Each memory cell includes source and drain regions with a channel region there between, a floating gate disposed over a first channel region portion, and a second gate disposed over a second channel region portion. A plurality of bit lines each extends along one of the columns and is electrically connected to the drain regions of a first group of one or more of the memory cells in the column and is electrically isolated from the drain regions of a second group of one or more of the memory cells in the column. A plurality of source lines each is electrically connected to the source regions of the memory cells in one of the columns or rows. A plurality of gate lines each is electrically connected to the second gates of memory cells in one of the columns or rows.
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公开(公告)号:US20200035310A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-30
申请号:US16590798
申请日:2019-10-02
发明人: Hieu Van Tran , Vipin Tiwari , Nhan Do
摘要: Numerous embodiments of a data refresh method and apparatus for use with a vector-by-matrix multiplication (VMM) array in an artificial neural network are disclosed. Various embodiments of a data drift detector suitable for detecting data drift in flash memory cells within the VMM array are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US10534554B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-14
申请号:US15784025
申请日:2017-10-13
发明人: Hieu Van Tran , Vipin Tiwari , Nhan Do
IPC分类号: G06F3/06 , G06F11/07 , G11C16/04 , G11C16/08 , G11C16/10 , G11C16/26 , G11C16/34 , H01L21/78 , H01L27/11521 , H01L29/423 , H01L23/00
摘要: Apparatus, and an associated method, for enhancing security and preventing hacking of a flash memory device. The apparatus and method use a random number to offset the read or write address in a memory cell. The random number is generated by determining the leakage current of memory cells. In another embodiment, random data can be written or read in parallel to thwart hackers from determining contents of data being written or read by monitoring sense amplifiers.
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公开(公告)号:US10460811B2
公开(公告)日:2019-10-29
申请号:US16387377
申请日:2019-04-17
发明人: Hieu Van Tran , Vipin Tiwari , Nhan Do
摘要: A memory device and method of erasing same that includes a substrate of semiconductor material and a plurality of memory cells formed on the substrate and arranged in an array of rows and columns. Each of the memory cells includes spaced apart source and drain regions in the substrate, with a channel region in the substrate extending there between, a floating gate disposed over and insulated from a first portion of the channel region which is adjacent the source region, a select gate disposed over and insulated from a second portion of the channel region which is adjacent the drain region, and a program-erase gate disposed over and insulated from the source region. The program-erase gate lines alone or in combination with the select gate lines, or the source lines, are arranged in the column direction so that each memory cell can be individually programmed, read and erased.
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公开(公告)号:US10340010B2
公开(公告)日:2019-07-02
申请号:US15238681
申请日:2016-08-16
发明人: Hieu Van Tran , Anh Ly , Thuan Vu , Vipin Tiwari , Nhan Do
IPC分类号: G11C16/10 , G11C16/08 , G11C16/14 , G11C16/24 , G11C16/34 , G11C16/26 , G11C16/04 , G11C16/28 , G11C16/32
摘要: In one embodiment of the present invention, one row is selected and two columns are selected for a read or programming operation, such that twice as many flash memory cells can be read from or programmed in a single operation compared to the prior art. In another embodiment of the present invention, two rows in different sectors are selected and one column is selected for a read operation, such that twice as many flash memory cells can be read in a single operation compared to the prior art.
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公开(公告)号:US10325666B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-18
申请号:US16218398
申请日:2018-12-12
发明人: Hieu Van Tran , Anh Ly , Thuan Vu , Hung Quoc Nguyen
IPC分类号: G11C7/00 , G11C16/30 , G11C16/08 , G11C16/04 , G11C16/14 , H01L27/11521 , G11C16/26 , G11C5/14 , G11C16/10 , G11C8/08 , G11C16/16
摘要: During a program, read, or erase operation of one or more non-volatile flash memory cells in an array of non-volatile flash memory cells, a negative voltage can be applied to the word lines and/or coupling gates of the selected or unselected non-volatile flash memory cells. The negative voltage is generated by a negative high voltage level shifter using one of several embodiments disclosed herein.
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公开(公告)号:US20190172543A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-06
申请号:US16271673
申请日:2019-02-08
发明人: Xinjie Guo , Farnood Merrikh Bayat , Dmitri Strukov , Nhan Do , Hieu Van Tran , Vipin Tiwari
IPC分类号: G11C16/34 , H01L27/11524 , H01L29/788 , G11C16/04 , G11C8/14 , H01L27/11521 , G11C16/26 , G11C16/14 , G11C16/10 , H01L27/11558 , G11C7/18
CPC分类号: G11C16/3431 , G11C7/18 , G11C8/14 , G11C16/0483 , G11C16/10 , G11C16/14 , G11C16/26 , G11C16/3427 , H01L27/11521 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/11558 , H01L29/7881
摘要: A memory device that provides individual memory cell read, write and erase. In an array of memory cells arranged in rows and columns, each column of memory cells includes a column bit line, a first column control gate line for even row cells and a second column control gate line for odd row cells. Each row of memory cells includes a row source line. In another embodiment, each column of memory cells includes a column bit line and a column source line. Each row of memory cells includes a row control gate line. In yet another embodiment, each column of memory cells includes a column bit line and a column erase gate line. Each row of memory cells includes a row source line, a row control gate line, and a row select gate line.
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