Programmable interposers for electrically connecting integrated circuits

    公开(公告)号:US11984157B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-14

    申请号:US17666311

    申请日:2022-02-07

    Inventor: Michael Kozicki

    Abstract: Programmable interposers for connecting integrated circuits, methods for programming programmable interposers, and integrated circuit packaging are provided. The programmable interposers are electrically reconfigurable to allow custom system-in-package (SiP) operation and configuration, field configurability, and functional obfuscation for secure integrated circuits fabricated in non-trusted environments. The programmable interposer includes, in one implementation, an interposer substrate and a programmable metallization cell (PMC) switch. The PMC switch is formed on the interposer substrate and is coupled between a signal input and a signal output. The PMC switch is electrically configurable between a high resistance state and a low resistance state.

    Electrical distance-based wave shaping for a memory device

    公开(公告)号:US11837286B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-05

    申请号:US18046393

    申请日:2022-10-13

    Abstract: Memory devices have an array of elements in two or more dimensions. The memory devices use multiple access lines arranged in a grid to access the memory devices. Memory cells are located at intersections of the access lines in the grid. Drivers are used for each access line and configured to transmit a corresponding signal to respective memory cells of the plurality of memory cells via a corresponding access line. The memory devices also include compensation circuitry configured to determine which driving access lines driving a target memory cell of the plurality of memory cells has the most distance between the target memory cell and a respective driver. The plurality of access lines comprise the driving access lines. The compensation circuitry also is configured to output compensation values to adjust the voltages of the driving access lines based on a polarity of the voltage of the longer driving access line.

    MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230253039A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-10

    申请号:US17842989

    申请日:2022-06-17

    Abstract: A memory device and a method for operating the same are provided. The memory device includes a plurality of resistive memory cells and a control circuitry electrically connected to the plurality of resistive memory cells. The control circuitry provides operation modes to operate the plurality of resistive memory cells. The operation modes include a first program operation and a refresh operation. The first program operation includes applying a first program bias voltage to a selected resistive memory cell of the plurality of resistive memory cells to establish a low-resistance state in the selected resistive memory cell. The first program operation establishes a first threshold voltage in the memory device. The refresh operation includes applying a refresh bias voltage to the selected resistive memory cell to refresh the selected resistive memory cell. An absolute value of the refresh bias voltage is greater than the first threshold voltage.

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