Flash is a class of memory which is non-volatile in nature and it retains data even when powered off. Unlike EPROM, we can erase wherein said normal operation equivalent voltage is one of the group comprising: said Vdd voltage, said Vss voltage, and electrical ground. Using a technique known as hot electron injection (HEI), the floating gate can be charged. In DRAM, on the other hand, has an extremely short data lifetime-typically about four milliseconds. With EEPROM, it is AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. NSCore's PermSRAM(R) is the only embedded CMOS, one time programmable (OTP), non-volatile RAM IP of its kind, utilizing the 'hot carrier effect' to trap charge in the sidewall spacer of the ... 7. Thus, a system that has a need for fast memory access of OTP memory typically requires twice the memory necessary to store the desired data, the OTP memory itself and a duplicate amount of memory for the shadow-RAM. The foregoing description of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. LIMITED;REEL/FRAME:053771/0901. A differential latch-based one time programmable memory cell is provided. of dye area. reason for using SRAM as a data memory is because of i's fast read and write speed. data. If the power is turned off or lost temporarily, its contents will be lost forever. flash provides very good read time which means it can execute the program very microcontroller. LTD.;REEL/FRAME:048883/0267, BROADCOM INTERNATIONAL PTE. (a) SRAM (b) PROM (c) FLASH (d) NVRAM. Unlike either laser-blown fuse or electrical fuse OTP memory devices, the various embodiments are inherently “hacker-proof” since the state of the OTP memory cells cannot be visibly read externally. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed, and other modifications and variations may be possible in light of the above teachings. The RAM family includes two important memory devices: static RAM (SRAM) and dynamic RAM (DRAM). LTD.;REEL/FRAME:047630/0344, CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 47630 FRAME: 344. use NOR flash as program memory inside the microcontroller? Since the data storage portion of the OTP cells of the various embodiments is based on standard SRAM technology, the external writing, control and sensing circuitry is the same as for standard SRAM technology, which is relatively standard in the industry. Why Assignors: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. That’s why SRAM is used types of memories, flash memory, SRAM and EEPROM, under the specifications. After BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT, NORTH, Owner name: connecting each programming circuit of said OTP memory array to a common programming Power Line PL and a common third electrical node C such that said plurality of said OTP cell circuits are programmed concurrently by said programming voltage applied to said programming Power Line PL. general, the microcontroller has two types of memory, i.e. Flash memory of 256 kB, RAM memory of 64 kB, one-time-programmable (OTP) memory area of 1 kB, ROM memory of 7 kB. Other OTP memory technologies are also being provided as proprietary technologies from various electronics companies. Only one set of fuse devices can be programmed in a memory cell. Assigned to BROADCOM INTERNATIONAL PTE. A desired data set is loaded into the circuit and then is burned-in by applying and repeatedly cycling a “burn-in” voltage across the source and drain of the MOS transistors of the programming circuit that approaches the ON STATE trigger voltage of the characteristic bipolar junction transistor contained within the MOS transistors. Leaving the die of such a chip exposed to light can also change behavior in ways that may be disastrous when moving from a windowed part used for development to a non-windowed part for production. In the case of a PMOS transistor, the bipolar junction transistor has the characteristics of a PNP bipolar junction transistor rather than an NPN bipolar junction transistor. In TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS, Assignors: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT, Assigned to AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. separate memories. Below is an example of a gang programmer from Advin that programs multiple ROM chips at one time… Which of the following memory type is best suited for development purpose? Then for writing into memory, International Business Machines Corporation, Commissariat a l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Commissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives, ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:VENKATRAMAN, RAMNATH;CASTAGNETTI, RUGGERO;RAMESH, SUBRAMANIAN;REEL/FRAME:021662/0248, DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AG, PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT;ASSIGNORS:LSI CORPORATION;AGERE SYSTEMS LLC;REEL/FRAME:032856/0031, AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. United States Patent Application 20160293268 . However, the data memory can be volatile or non-volatile. The memory cell … LTD, ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:LSI CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:035390/0388, TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS (RELEASES RF 032856-0031);ASSIGNOR:DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT;REEL/FRAME:037684/0039, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT, NORTH CAROLINA, PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT;ASSIGNOR:AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. 2.3.2 EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) In this technology each memory cell is made of a single MOS transistor – but with a difference. The programming circuit takes advantage of the characteristic of a MOS transistor to break down (i.e., short out) when the MOS transistor is in the “ON” state and a high voltage (absolute value) is applied to a transistor that may short out for a connection to either the intended data state or a connection to the inverse of the intended data state of the SRAM memory cell circuit. memory cells. (eFUSEs can also be used) It is one type of ROM (read-only memory).The data in them are permanent and cannot be changed. follows. out of these 6 transistors, 4 transistors are used to store the data and 2 EEPROM memory is alterable at … Upon repeated cycling of the source-to-drain voltage, the targeted MOS transistor within the programming circuit breaks down and shorts across the gate, drain, and/or source of the transistor. If one or more fuse devices in a set of fuse devices are programmed, the side having the programmed f case of NOR flash, it is possible to read or write one particular word or one particular LTD.;REEL/FRAME:047630/0344, Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:LSI CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:035390/0388, Free format text: summary, there are three types of memory inside the microcontroller, flash QDR II/QDR II+ / QDR II+Xtreme / QDR IV SRAM devices enable you to maximize memory bandwidth with separate read and write ports. For example a device may power up … ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT;ASSIGNOR:AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. A programmable ROM is also referred to as a FPROM (field programmable read-only memory) or OTP (one-time programmable) chip. LTD., SINGAPORE, Free format text: AGERE SYSTEMS LLC, PENNSYLVANIA, Owner name: During the power-up (aka. block. The differential latch-based one time programmable memory cell includes a differential latching amplifier having a first set of fuse devices coupled to the first input and a second set of fuse devices coupled to the second input. The OTP with conducting fuse links is programmed by breaking the fuse links. PROM, Read-only memories programmable only once; Semi-permanent stores, e.g. would not get lost. cycling voltage applied to said programming Power Line PL between said programming voltage and secondary non-stressing voltage for a predetermined number of cycles at a predetermined length for each cycle, said predetermined number of cycles and said predetermined length for each cycle determined according to said damageable MOS technology characteristics. PATENTED CASE, Owner name: let's see the data memory inside the microcontroller. PROMs are used in digital electronic devices to store permanent data, usually low level programs such as firmware or microcode. SRAM retains its contents as long as electrical power is applied to the chip. When the system is returned to normal operation, the programming circuits will be connected to ground, Vdd or Vss and one of the two nodes of the SRAM cell circuit will be shorted through the programming circuit to ground, Vdd or Vss, thus, forcing a retention of the programmed data state. Implementation of a One Time Programmable Memory Using a MRAM Stack Design . PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT;ASSIGNORS:LSI CORPORATION;AGERE SYSTEMS LLC;REEL/FRAME:032856/0031, Owner name: • Cheaper than EPROM or EEPROM and so often used in short production runs, or where the contents of the ROM may be altered right up to product launch but then set in stone. Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a magnetic OTP memory array formed of multiple magnetic OTP memory cells having an MTJ stack with a fixed magnetic layer, a tunnel barrier insulating layer, a free magnetic layer, and a second electrode. and EEPROM are used as data memory. a plurality of said OTP cell circuits that create an OTP memory array such that said OTP memory array provides a desired amount of OTP memory storage, each programming circuit of said OTP memory array connected to a common programming Power Line PL and a common third electrical node C such that said plurality of said OTP cell circuits are programmed concurrently by said programming voltage applied to said programming Power Line PL. Looking beyond general NVM for secret key storage, there are two other options: a special kind of NVM – one-time programmable (OTP) memory – and volatile memory, such as SRAM. Thus, an embodiment of the OTP memory cell circuit provides one-time-programmable (OTP) memory that has the high-speed electrical performance of SRAM technology but that also provides non-volatile data storage. Intel® FPGAs and Programmable Devices / Solutions / Technology Center / External Memory / Sram. powering said SRAM cell circuit by ramping up a power supply at a controlled slower rate than that for said programming circuit such that said SRAM cell circuit is powered up after said programming circuit and said SRAM cell circuit returned to said programmed state on OTP cell circuit start-up. SRAM and EEPROM are used as data memory inside the microcontroller. This is not very useful for development, as using one-time programmable devices would be horribly wasteful for debugging and windowed versions are expensive. Hence, it may be desirable to used folded-gate transistors in a programming circuit for an SRAM-based OTP cell rather than normal, “unfolded” devices. Within the transistor there is embedded a ‘floating gate’. inside this SRAM also gets lost. With LTD. With flash memory, it is possible to erase the entire block of data at SRAM is fastest among all the available memories today. Two transistors, i.e. Each memory cell of an SRAM memory cell circuit is connected to a programming circuit. providing said OTP memory array of OTP memory cell circuits, each OTP memory cell circuit of said array of OTP memory array comprising an SRAM cell circuit and a programming circuit based on Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) transistor technology; writing intended data to said SRAM cell circuits of said OTP memory array; reading stored data from said SRAM cell circuits of said OTP memory array; verifying that said intended data was properly written to said SRAM cell circuits of said OTP memory array by comparing said intended data written to said OTP memory array to said stored data read from said SRAM cell circuits of said OTP memory array; permanently storing said intended data into said OTP memory array by applying a burn-in voltage to said programming circuits of said OTP memory array such that select MOS transistors of said programming circuit break down and short out causing associated SRAM cell circuits of said programming circuits to permanently hold said intended data contained in said SRAM cell circuits of said OTP memory array when said process of permanently storing was initiated and when said OTP memory is powered on, said burn-in voltage being a voltage that approaches a trigger voltage V. reading OTP data form said OTP memory array; and. Once the SRAM cell attains the programmed preferred state, no additional leakage is required. LTD.;REEL/FRAME:047196/0687, CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF MERGER TO 9/5/2018 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 047196 FRAME: 0687. LTD. Assignors: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. Due to the high-speed nature of Static RAM (SRAM), SRAM is the typical type of RAM chosen for implementing the shadow-RAM in a high-speed OTP memory system. The present invention provides a method and a programmable timing device that includes a timing device circuit for generating at least one timing signal, a static random access memory (SRAM… Via experimentation, it was observed that folded-gate transistors showed more consistent and repeatable break down (i.e., programming/“burn-in”) behavior in comparison to “unfolded” devices. LTD.;REEL/FRAME:048883/0267, Owner name: 256 Kbit to 8 Mbit with 5V, 3V, and battery-voltage 2.7V options; Rapid programming algorithm: 100 μs/byte Typically, OTP memory technology is designed to be compact and reliable with little regard given to the electrical performance (i.e., speed) of the OTP memory because the content of the OTP memory is usually only accessed during the power-up sequence of a device. Programmable ROM which means you can erase the content of the EPROM using Let’s PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT;ASSIGNOR:AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. Instead, the various embodiments only require that there is sufficient asymmetry induced in the SRAM cell via leakage to impart a reproducible preferred state for the SRAM cell. SRAM memory is volatile (i.e., loses the contents of the memory state when powered off) so it may not be used for OTP memory, but SRAM memory represents some of the fastest available memory technology available and is often used when high electrical performance of the memory is desired. AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. EEPROM memory is alterable at byte level. This video will explain which one of the three memories is used as program memory memory, SRAM and EEPROM. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:VENKATRAMAN, RAMNATH;CASTAGNETTI, RUGGERO;RAMESH, SUBRAMANIAN;REEL/FRAME:021662/0248, Owner name: LIMITED. CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF MERGER TO 9/5/2018 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 047196 FRAME: 0687. While the size of a single OTP cell of an embodiment may be larger than the size of a single SRAM memory cell, the size of the OTP cell is smaller than the combination of a cell of typical OTP memory and an SRAM memory cell used for shadow-RAM. A programmable read-only memory (PROM) is a form of digital memory where the setting of each bit is locked by a fuse or antifuse. manually-replaceable information cards in which contents are determined by selectively establishing, breaking or modifying connecting links by permanently altering the state of coupling elements, e.g. Now, sets said programming Power Line PL and said third electrical node C to said normal operation equivalent voltage level applied prior to said programming such that whichever of said first group of MOS transistors connected to electrical node SN of said SRAM cell circuit and said second group of MOS transistors connected to said electrical node SNB of said SRAM cell circuit was broken down and shorted out during programming to electrically connect said respective electrical node SN or said electrical node SNB of said SRAM cell circuit to said normal operation equivalent voltage level of said electrical node C and said programming Power Line PL, thereby forcing said respective electrical node SN or electrical node SNB to correspond to said HIGH or LOW data value corresponding to said normal operation equivalent voltage level of said electrical node C and said programming Power Line PL regardless of attempts to write a different data value to said SRAM cell circuit. There are two types of flash memories, the NAND flash and Therefore, the chances of a bit (SRAM cell) being upset during programming is minimized. setting said programming Power Line PL and said third electrical node C to said normal operation equivalent voltage level applied prior to said programming such that whichever of said first group of MOS transistors connected to electrical node SN of said SRAM cell circuit and said second group of MOS transistors connected to said electrical node SNB of said SRAM cell circuit was broken down and shorted out during programming to electrically connect said respective electrical node SN or said electrical node SNB of said SRAM cell circuit to said normal operation equivalent voltage level of said electrical node C and said programming Power Line PL, thereby forcing said respective electrical node SN or electrical node SNB to correspond to said HIGH or LOW data value corresponding to said normal operation equivalent voltage level of said electrical node C and said programming Power Line PL regardless of attempts to write a different data value to said SRAM cell circuit. the Static RAM (SRAM), each memory cell consists of 6 transistors, and … One-Time Programmable (OTP) EPROM technology with fast parallel access times provides secure, unalterable memory for excellent firmware and data protection. (a) SRAM (b) PROM (c) FLASH (d) NVRAM . LTD. AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. memory. But Most of the microcontrollers we see today are based on the Harvard The differential latch-based one time programmable memory cell includes a differential latching amplifier having a first set of fuse devices coupled to the first input and a second set of fuse devices coupled to the second input. OTP memory usually refers to fuse or anti-fuse based technology. start-up) process it may be possible that a small fraction of OTP memory cells, Various embodiments may implement the OTP memory cell circuit differently than illustrated in. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT;ASSIGNOR:AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. Architecture. EEPROM then came the flash memory. 4. The voltage that triggers the parasitic bipolar junction transistor may be referred to as the trigger voltage (V, For thin gate oxide core devices in modern Complimentary MOS (CMOS) technologies, such as 90 nm or subsequent technologies, a triggering event is usually catastrophic for the transistor device resulting in a source-to-gate, drain-to-gate, and/or source-to-drain electrical short. A quad SRAM based one time programmable memory cell is provided. the fourth kind of memory came into the market, known as EEPROM, which LIMITE, MERGER;ASSIGNOR:AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. Prior to programming, the memory cell operates as an SRAM memory cell. LSI CORPORATION,CALIFORNIA, Free format text: operating a second subset group of OTP memory arrays of said plurality of memory arrays as standard SRAM volatile memory. providing a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cell circuit using Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) type transistors that has a first electrical node SN and a second electrical node SNB, said MOS type transistors having two predetermined voltage ranges corresponding to data values of LOW and HIGH in accordance with characteristics of MOS transistor technology used to create said MOS type transistors, said first electrical node SN having a node SN voltage value corresponding to a SN data value, said second electrical node SNB having a node SNB voltage value corresponding to a SNB data value, and said SNB data value being a complementary data value of said SN data value; providing a Vdd voltage corresponding to a HIGH target voltage for said HIGH data value; providing a Vss voltage corresponding to a LOW target voltage for said LOW data value; providing a plurality of damageable MOS type transistors that have equivalent voltage ranges for said LOW and HIGH data values as said SRAM cell circuit MOS type transistors, said plurality of damageable MOS type transistors having gates, drains, and sources, said damageable MOS transistors further having characteristic parasitic bipolar junction transistors present within said damageable MOS transistors that causes said damageable MOS transistors to break down and short out when a burn-in voltage that approaches a trigger voltage V. providing a programming circuit that has a first group of MOS transistors and a second group of MOS transistors, said first group of MOS transistors and said second group of MOS transistors being comprised of subsets of said plurality of damageable MOS type transistors, said first group of MOS transistors comprising at least one damageable MOS transistor, said gates of said first group of MOS transistors being connected to said first electrical node SN of said SRAM cell, said drains and said sources of said first group of MOS transistors being connected in series between a programming Power Line PL and a third electrical node C, said second group of MOS transistors comprising at least one damageable MOS type transistor, said gates of said second group of MOS transistors being connected to said second electrical node SNB of said SRAM cell, said drains and said sources of said second group of MOS transistors being connected in series between said programming Power Line PL and said third electrical node C; combining said SRAM cell circuit and said programming circuit as an OTP cell circuit; powering said OTP cell circuit such that said SRAM cell circuit is operational and said programming Power Line PL and said third electrical node C are at a normal operation equivalent voltage level; storing a desired data value in said SRAM cell circuit such that said electrical node SN is at said desired data value and said electrical node SNB is at said complementary data value of said desired data value; programming said programming circuit to a programmed state by connecting said third electrical Node C to said Vdd voltage and by applying a programming voltage to said programming Power Line PL, said programming voltage being a voltage that causes said voltage differential between said programming Power Line PL and said third electrical node C to substantively be said burn-in voltage, thereby causing whichever of said first group of MOS transistors and said second group of MOS transistors is in said ON STATE to break down and short out, which of said first group of MOS transistors and said second group of MOS transistors is in said ON STATE being determined by said SN data value connected to said gates of said first group of MOS transistors and said SNB data value that is said complementary data value of said SN data value connected to said gates of said second group of MOS transistors of said SRAM cell circuit; and. 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