Abstract:
The invention relates to an electrically erasable programmable memory which is integrated onto a silicon substrate, comprising a memory area consisting of normal bit lines (BLj) and normal memory cells (C(i, j)) which are connected to the aforementioned normal bit lines (BLj). Each normal memory cell consists of a floating gate transistor (FGT) comprising a tunnel window (TW) and a selection transistor (ST). According to the invention, the memory area (MA) includes at least one memory point of a non-volatile register (NVREG), comprising: a normal memory cell (C(i+1, j) which is connected to a normal bit line (BLj) of the memory area and which can be erased and programmed using decoders (RDEC, CDEC) of the memory area; a special memory cell C(i+1, j+1) comprising a floating gate transistor (FGT) without a tunnel window, the floating gate of the floating gate transistor of the special memory cell being connected to the floating gate of the floating gate transistor of the normal memory cell; and a special bit line (RBL+1) which is used to connect the special memory cell of the memory point to a specific read-out circuit of the memory point.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an electronic charge retention circuit for time measurement, implanted in an array of EEPROM memory cells, each comprising a selection transistor in series with a floating-gate transistor, the circuit comprising, on any one row of memory cells: a first subassembly of at least a first cell (C1), 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 (C2), the drain and source of the floating-gate transistor of which are interconnected; a third subassembly of at least a third cell (7); and a fourth subassembly of at least a fourth cell (6), the tunnel window of which is omitted, the respective floating gates of the transistors of the cells of the four subassemblies being interconnected.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of controlling an electronic charge retention circuit for time measurement, comprising at least a first capacitive element (C1), the dielectric of which has a leakage, and at least a second capacitive element (C2), the dielectric of which has a higher capacitance than the first, the two elements having a common electrode defining a floating node (F) that can be connected to an element (5) for measuring its residual charge, in which a charge retention period is programmed or initialized by injecting or extracting charges via the first element.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and a circuit for reading an electronic charge retention element (10) for a temporal measurement, of the type comprising at least one capacitive element (C1, C2) whose dielectric exhibits a leakage and a transistor with insulated control terminal (5) for reading the residual charges, the reading circuit comprising: two parallel branches between two supply terminals, each branch comprising at least one transistor of a first type (P1, P2) and one transistor of a second type (N3, 5), the transistor of the second type of one of the branches consisting of that of the element to be read and the transistor of the second type of the other branch receiving, on its control terminal, a staircase signal (VDAC), the respective drains of the transistors of the first type being connected to the respective inputs of a comparator (135) whose output (OUT) provides an indication of the residual voltage in the charge retention element.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an electronic charge retention circuit for time measurement, comprising: at least a first capacitive element (C1), a first electrode (21) of which is connected to a floating node (F); at least a second capacitive element (C2), a first electrode (31) of which is connected to said floating node (F), the first capacitive element having a leakage through its dielectric space (23) and the second capacitive element having a capacitance greater than the first; and at least a first transistor (5) having an isolated control terminal connected to said floating node.
Abstract:
The error correction procedure corrects an error in bit b2 in a sequence of bits b0 - b8. A parity bit (b8) is calculated from the other bits b1 - b7 at an instant where the erroneous bit (b2) was valid, and a second parity bit (b9) calculated from all the bits except the erroneous bit, to replace the erroneous bit.
Abstract:
An EEPROM (Electrically Erasable PROgrammable Memory) memory has a column (COL0) with special zones for condition and configuration bits of N1 (BL5-BL7) and N2 (BL0-BL4) separated bit lines connected respectively to the cells in one zone, and not to cells in the other zone. An Independent claim is also included for a process for storing and reading special bits of a first type and of a second type in an electrically erasable and programmable memory.