Invention Grant
- Patent Title: EEPROM charge retention circuit for time measurement
- Patent Title (中): EEPROM电荷保持电路进行时间测量
-
Application No.: US12374795Application Date: 2007-07-20
-
Publication No.: US08320176B2Publication Date: 2012-11-27
- Inventor: Francesco La Rosa
- Applicant: Francesco La Rosa
- Applicant Address: FR Montrouge
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: FR Montrouge
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Priority: FR0653140 20060727
- International Application: PCT/FR2007/051705 WO 20070720
- International Announcement: WO2008/012464 WO 20080131
- Main IPC: G11C11/34
- IPC: G11C11/34

Abstract:
An electronic charge retention circuit for time measurement, implanted in an array of EEPROM memory cells, each including a selection transistor in series with a floating-gate transistor, the circuit including, on any one row of memory cells: a first subassembly of at least a first cell, the thickness of the dielectric of the tunnel window of the floating-gate transistor of which is less than that of the other cells; a second subassembly of at least a second cell, the drain and source of the floating-gate transistor of which are interconnected; a third subassembly of at least a third cell; and a fourth subassembly of at least a fourth cell, the tunnel window of which is omitted, the respective floating gates of the transistors of the cells of the four subassemblies being interconnected.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100027334A1 EEPROM CHARGE RETENTION CIRCUIT FOR TIME MEASUREMENT Public/Granted day:2010-02-04
Information query