摘要:
It is described a printed circuit board (50). The board comprises a first outer layer (23), a second outer layer (20) and an integrated circuit (2) mounted on the second outer layer. The integrated circuit has a single exposed pad (1) electrically connected to a ground reference, it has a first supply pin (5) electrically connected to a first power supply (VCC1) and it has a second supply pin (105) electrically connected to a second power supply, wherein the first power supply is configured to generate a first supply current with frequency components higher than the frequency components of a second supply current generated by the second power supply. The board further comprises a first decoupling capacitor (3) mounted on the second outer layer in the proximity of the first supply pin (5), the first decoupling capacitor having a first terminal (8) electrically connected with the first supply pin (5) and having a second terminal (9), it comprises an inner layer (21) interposed between the first outer layer (23) and the second outer layer (20), the inner layer comprising a metal layer (4) electrically connected to said ground reference, it comprises a first Via (7-1) configured to electrically connect the exposed pad (1) with the metal layer (4) of the inner layer, it comprises a second Via (6) configured to electrically connect the second terminal (9) of the first decoupling capacitor with the metal layer (4) of the inner layer and it comprises a second decoupling capacitor (173) having a first pin (278) electrically connected to the second power supply and having a second pin (279) electrically connected to said ground reference.
摘要:
A memory (101) having an array (103) of multi-gate memory cells and a word line driver circuit (115) coupled to a sector of memory cells of the array. In at least one mode of operation, the word line driver circuit is controllable to place an associated control gate word line coupled to the control gate word line driver and coupled to the sector in a floating state during a read operation where the sector is a non selected sector.
摘要:
Embodiments of semiconductor devices (100, 300, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1100) (e.g., RF devices) include a substrate (306, 606, 706, 806, 906, 1106), an isolation structure (308, 608, 708, 808, 908, 1108), an active device (120, 320, 620, 720, 820, 920, 1120), a lead (104, 304, 604, 704, 804, 904, 1104), and a circuit (149, 150, 349, 350, 649, 650, 749, 750, 849, 850, 949, 950). The isolation structure is coupled to the substrate, and includes an opening. An active device area is defined by a portion of the substrate surface that is exposed through the opening. The active device is coupled to the substrate surface within the active device area. The circuit is electrically coupled between the active device and the lead. The circuit includes one or more elements (136, 138, 144, 146, 338, 344, 638, 644, 738, 744, 838, 844, 846, 936, 938, 944, 946, 1136, 1146) positioned outside the active device area (e.g., physically coupled to the isolation structure and/or under the lead). The elements positioned outside the active device area may include elements of an envelope termination circuit (149, 349, 649, 749, 849, 949) and/or an impedance matching circuit (150, 350, 650, 750, 850, 950). Embodiments also include method (1202, 1204, 1206, 1208, 1210) of manufacturing such semiconductor devices.
摘要:
A method and apparatus are provided for manufacturing a lead frame based thermally enhanced flip chip package with an exposed heat spreader lid array (310) designed for direct attachment to an array of integrated circuit die (306) by including a thermal interface adhesion layer (308) to each die (306) and encapsulating the attached heat spreader lid array (310) and array of integrated circuit die (306) with mold compound (321) except for planar upper lid surfaces of the heat spreader lids (312).
摘要:
A semiconductor device comprises an array (12) of memory cells (18). Each of the memory cells includes a tunnel dielectric (26), a well region including a first current electrode (28) and a second current electrode (30), and a control gate (20). The first and second current electrodes are adjacent one side of the tunnel dielectric (26) and the control gate is adjacent another side of the tunnel dielectric. A controller (16) is coupled to the memory cells (18). The controller (16) includes logic to determine when to perform a healing process in the tunnel dielectric (26) of the memory cells (18), and to apply a first voltage to the first current electrode (28) of the memory cells (18) during the healing process to remove trapped electrons and holes from the tunnel dielectric (26).
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device (10) comprises a memory controller (12), and an array of memory cells (20) coupled to communicate with the memory controller. The memory controller is configured to perform a first soft program operation (56) using first soft program voltages and a first soft program verify level, and determine whether a first charge trapping threshold has been reached (54). When the first charge trapping threshold has been reached, a second soft program operation (56) is performed using second soft program voltages and a second soft program verify level.
摘要:
An integrated circuit device (205) comprising at least one cut-through forwarding module (200). The cut-through forwarding module (200) comprises at least one receiver component (210) arranged to receive data to be forwarded, and to generate a request (212) for transmission of a block of data upon receipt thereof, and at least one controller unit (220) arranged to execute at least one thread (225, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350) for processing requests generated by the at least one receiver component (210). The at least one controller unit (220) is arranged to set a priority context for the at least one thread (225, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350), and to schedule an execution of the at least one thread based at least partly on the priority context therefor.
摘要:
Apparatus are provided for amplifier systems and related circuits are provided. An exemplary circuit includes a main amplifier arrangement, first impedance matching circuitry coupled between the output of the main amplifier arrangement and a first circuit output, a peaking amplifier arrangement, and second impedance matching circuitry coupled between the output of the peaking amplifier arrangement and a second output of the circuit. In one exemplary embodiment, the first impedance matching circuitry and the second impedance matching circuitry have different circuit topologies and different physical topologies.
摘要:
A method of measuring a capacitor value comprises the steps of loading (61) the capacitor (125) up to a given voltage value (Vboost); obtaining (62) a first measure (T1) of a time for discharging the capacitor by a fixed voltage drop (dV), the discharge of the capacitor being caused by a first current; reloading (63) the capacitor up to the given voltage value; obtaining (64) a second measure (t2) of a time for discharging the capacitor by the fixed voltage drop, the discharge of the capacitor being caused by the first current and by a second current of known value (I_pd) added to said first current; and determining (65) the capacitor value from the difference between the first measure and the second measure, based on the given voltage drop or the given time, respectively, and based further on the known value of the given second current. Application to the diagnosis of the reservoir capacitor of vehicle safety systems.