摘要:
A process for the formation of a device edge morphological structure (30) for protecting and sealing peripherally an electronic circuit integrated in a major surface (5) of a substrate of semiconductor material (6) is of the type that calls for formation above the major surface (5) of at least one dielectric multilayer (20) comprising a layer of amorphous planarizing material (22) having a continuous portion extending between two contiguous areas with a more internal first area (3') and a more external second area (4') in the morphological structure (30). In accordance with the present invention inside the device edge morphological structure (30) in the substrate (6) is formed an excavation on the side of the major surface (5) the more internal first area (3') of the morphological structure (30) in a zone in which is present the continuous portion of the dielectric multilayer (20).
摘要:
A negative charge pump circuit comprises a plurality of charge pump stages (S1'-S4') connected in series to each other. Each stage has a stage input terminal (SI) and a stage output terminal (SO). A first stage (S1') has the stage input terminal (SI) connected to a reference voltage, a final stage (S4') has the stage output terminal (SO) operatively connected to an output terminal (O) of the charge pump at which a negative voltage is developed; intermediate stages (S2' ,S3') have the respective stage input terminal (SI) connected to the stage output terminal (SO) of a preceding stage and the respective stage output terminal connected to the stage input terminal of a following stage. Each stage (S1'-S4') comprises a first N-channel MOSFET (M1') with a first electrode connected to the stage input terminal (SI) and a second electrode connected to the stage output terminal (SO), a second N-channel MOSFET (M2') with a first electrode connected to the stage output terminal (SO) and a second electrode connected to a gate electrode of the first N-channel MOSFET (M1'), a boost capacitor (CP) with one terminal connected to the gate electrode of the first N-channel MOSFET and a second terminal driven by a respective first digital signal (A',C') switching between the reference voltage and a positive voltage supply (VDD), and a second capacitor (CL) with one terminal connected to the charge pump stage output terminal (SO) and a second terminal connected to a respective second digital signal (B',D') switching between the reference voltage and the voltage supply (VDD). A gate electrode of the second N-channel MOSFET (M2') is connected, in the first stage (S1'), to a third digital signal (D') switching between the reference voltage and the voltage supply, while in the remaining stage the gate electrode of the second N-channel MOSFET is connected to the stage input terminal (SI).
摘要:
A circuit for the generation of an electrical signal of constant duration comprises a capacitor (C), a constant current generator for charging said capacitor and a voltage comparator (COMP) to compare the voltage present at the terminals of the capacitor with a reference voltage (V ref ) and supply at output a digital signal (OUT) dependent upon the voltage across the capacitor; the constant current generator comprises a transistor (M1) biased with a voltage (V gsx) between gate and source obtained as the difference between the sum of two gate-source voltages of two transistors (M2,M3) and a gate-source voltage of another transistor (M4).
摘要翻译:一种用于恒定的持续时间的电气信号的发生电路包括一个电容器(C),恒流发生器,用于充电所述电容器和一个电压比较器(COMP)比较存在于电容器的与基准电压端子处的电压( V REF)和电源在输出的数字信号(OUT)取决于电容器两端的电压; 恒定电流发生器包括晶体管(M1)被偏置以获得作为两个晶体管(M2,M3)和另一个的栅 - 源电压的两个栅极 - 源极电压的总和之间的差的栅极和源极之间的电压(Vgsx) 晶体管(M4)。
摘要:
The invention relates to an N-channel MOS transistor structure having a NO LDD junction, and to a manufacturing process therefor. The transistor is of the type which is incorporated into CMOS structures of electronic memory devices (2) integrated on a semiconductor substrate (3) and comprising a plurality of memory cells (2), each cell being comprised of a floating gate transistor (11) with active areas (5) formed on the substrate (3) laterally of the gate region (11). The transistor has source (15) and/or drain (11) regions formed on the substrate (3) at adjacent locations to the locations of the active areas (5) of the memory cell (2).
摘要:
A plurality of bit lines (6) are isolated from one another by a layered dielectric structure to provide a planar architecture onto which an optional conductive layer may be deposited. The dielectric structure deposited with the method proposed in the instant Patent Application uses a highly planarizing dielectric layer (18) of the SOG type spun over a first insulating dielectric layer (17) and then solidified by means of a thermal polymerization process. The dielectric layers (17,18) are subjected to a etch-back treatment and to a subsequent thermal annealing treatment.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of coding and storing fuzzy logic rules, and to a circuit architecture for processing such rules. The method provides for at least one inference rule of the IF/THEN type, having a predetermined number of antecedent parts (A,B,C...) of fuzzy variables and at least one consequent part (Z), to be dismembered and stored into memory words (10) to allow of subsequent processing using logic operators of the AND/OR/NOT type. The coding of rules and variables is effected sequentially. Thus, the occupation of memory locations can be minimized. Specifically, the rules are coded through a multi-word description, such that the number of words coding each rule is a varying number dependent on the number of antecedent parts in the rule.
摘要:
The fuzzy filtering of a noise signal comprising a plurality of signal samples [s(t,k)] is carried out using as variables the variation of the signal in the considered window and the distance of the samples from a sample to be reconstructed, so as to distinguish the typical variations of the original signal from those due to the noise and to identify the signal fronts. The method comprises the steps of: defining a current signal sample [s(t)] from among the plurality of signal samples; calculating a plurality of difference samples [D(t,k)] as difference in absolute value between the current signal sample and each signal sample; defining distance values (k) between the current signal sample and each signal sample; determining weight parameters [P(k)] on the basis of the difference samples and the distance values by means of fuzzy logic; and weighing the signal samples with the weight parameters so as to obtain a reconstructed signal sample [o(t)].
摘要:
The method described is applied to an integrated circuit formed on a substrate (10) of p-type material having at least one region (11) of n-type material with junction insulation, first electrical contact means (20,21) on the frontal surface of the substrate, second electrical contact means (14,14') on the n-type region (11) and third electrical contact means (8) on the back of the substrate connected to a reference (ground) terminal of the integrated circuit. To avoid current in the substrate due to the conduction of parasitic bipolar transistors in certain operating conditions of the integrated circuit, the method provides for monitoring the potential of the second contact means (14,14') to detect if this potential departs from the (ground) potential of the reference terminal by an amount greater than a predetermined threshold value. If this occurs the first contact means (20,21) are taken to the potential of the second contact means (14,14'), otherwise they are held at the (ground)potential of the reference terminal. A device and an integrated circuit which utilise the method are also described.