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US07965540B2 Structure and method for improving storage latch susceptibility to single event upsets
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用于改善单个事件扰乱的存储锁存敏感性的结构和方法
- Patent Title: Structure and method for improving storage latch susceptibility to single event upsets
- Patent Title (中): 用于改善单个事件扰乱的存储锁存敏感性的结构和方法
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Application No.: US12055509Application Date: 2008-03-26
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Publication No.: US07965540B2Publication Date: 2011-06-21
- Inventor: Ethan H. Cannon , Toshiharu Furukawa , David Horak , Charles W. Koburger, III , Jack A. Mandelman
- Applicant: Ethan H. Cannon , Toshiharu Furukawa , David Horak , Charles W. Koburger, III , Jack A. Mandelman
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Agent Michael LeStrange
- Main IPC: G11C11/412
- IPC: G11C11/412

Abstract:
A digital logic storage structure includes cross coupled first and second complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) inverters formed on a semiconductor substrate, the CMOS inverters including a first storage node and a second storage node that is the logical complement of the first storage node; both of the first and second storage nodes each selectively coupled to a deep trench capacitor through a switching transistor, with the switching transistors controlled by a common capacitance switch line coupled to gate conductors thereof; wherein, in a first mode of operation, the switching transistors are rendered nonconductive so as to isolate the deep trench capacitors from the inverter storage nodes and, in a second mode of operation, the switching transistors are rendered conductive so as to couple the deep trench capacitors to their respective storage nodes, thereby providing increased resistance of the storage nodes to single event upsets (SEUs).
Public/Granted literature
- US20090244954A1 STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING STORAGE LATCH SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SINGLE EVENT UPSETS Public/Granted day:2009-10-01
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