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US08149626B2 Threshold voltage digitizer for array of programmable threshold transistors 有权
用于可编程阈值晶体管阵列的阈值电压数字转换器

  • Patent Title: Threshold voltage digitizer for array of programmable threshold transistors
  • Patent Title (中): 用于可编程阈值晶体管阵列的阈值电压数字转换器
  • Application No.: US13224823
    Application Date: 2011-09-02
  • Publication No.: US08149626B2
    Publication Date: 2012-04-03
  • Inventor: Pantas Sutardja
  • Applicant: Pantas Sutardja
  • Applicant Address: BB St. Michael
  • Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
  • Current Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
  • Current Assignee Address: BB St. Michael
  • Main IPC: G11C16/06
  • IPC: G11C16/06
Threshold voltage digitizer for array of programmable threshold transistors
Abstract:
A method and system for determining a respective threshold voltage of each of a plurality of transistors in a memory array. The method includes: applying a ramp voltage to gates of the plurality of transistors, wherein the ramp voltage is configured to increase based on an incrementing digital code; as the ramp voltage is being applied, generating a respective control signal in response to sensing a predetermined threshold current along a respective bitline in the memory array, wherein each transistor in the memory array is in communication with a respective bitline in the memory array; and for each transistor in the memory array, latching a current value of the incrementing digital code in response to the respective control signal corresponding to the transistor being generated. The current value of the incrementing digital code latched by each register corresponds to the threshold voltage of the corresponding transistor.
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