Abstract:
A latch circuit (1) that is intentionally imbalanced, so that a first output (6) reaches ground voltage and a second output (7) reaches a supply voltage; and a fully static low-consumption fuse circuit the particularity whereof resides in that it comprises the intentionally unbalanced latch circuit (1) and a reversing branch that comprises the fuse to be programmed (6) and is adapted to reverse the operation of the latch circuit, so that in the virgin state the fuse (9) connects the second output (7) of the latch circuit (1) to the ground voltage and connects the first output (6) to the supply voltage.
Abstract:
The present invention relates a transistor comprising a substrate region (14) of a first type (P) of conductivity in a semiconductor material layer of the same type (P) of conductivity, at least a first contact region (13) of said first type (P+) of conductivity inside said substrate region (14) and adjacent to a first terminal (C) of said transistor, a well (11) of second type (N) of conductivity placed inside said substrate region (14), characterized in that said well (11) of second type (N) of conductivity comprises at least a second contact region (12) of a second type of conductivity (N+) adjacent to a region of a second terminal (B) of said transistor, and a plurality of third contact regions (10) of said first type of conductivity (P+) adjacent to a plurality of regions of a third terminal (E1, ..., E3) of said transistor interposed each one (10) other (12) by proper insulating shapes (20).
Abstract:
A reading method for non-volatile memory cells is illustrated which comprises a first step in which a memory cell (P2) of the matrix is selected by the row decoder (5) and by the column multiplexer (4), a second step of preload and equalization during which the voltage on the drain electrode of the selected memory cell (P2) reaches a defined value and is characterized by a third step during which the selected cell (P2) is read with a sensing ratio depending on the reading voltage of said cell. Moreover a device for the reading of said cells is described, which comprises a modulation branch (MOD) with at least one selection transistor (MV10) and a load generator (23) associated to said modulation transistor (MV10) in such a way to modulate analogicly the transconductance of one of the two load transistors (M1, M2) in function of the reading voltage of the memory cell (P2).
Abstract:
In a first operation mode the level shifter (36) transmits as output a logic input signal (S i ) and in a second operation mode it shifts the high logic level of the input signal from a low (V dd ) to a high voltage (V pp ). The level shifter comprises a CMOS switch (42) and a pull-up transistor (43); the CMOS switch (42) comprises an NMOS transistor (45) and a PMOS transistor (44) which are connected in parallel between the input (37) and the output (39) of the shifter and have respective control terminals connected to a first supply line (4) at low voltage (V dd ) and, respectively, to a control line (46) connected to ground in the first operation mode and to the high voltage (V pp ) in the second operation mode; the pull-up transistor (43) is connected between the output (39) of the shifter and a second supply line (2) switchable between the low voltage and the high voltage and has a control terminal connected to the first supply line (4).