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公开(公告)号:US11781885B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-10
申请号:US16990329
申请日:2020-08-11
Inventor: Hesham Omran , Abdulaziz Alhoshany , Khaled Salama
CPC classification number: G01D5/24 , H03M1/002 , H03M1/1009 , H03M1/38 , H03M1/42 , G01R27/2605 , H03M1/466
Abstract: An energy-efficient capacitance-to-digital converter (CDC) is provided that utilizes a capacitance-domain successive approximation (SAR) technique. Unlike SAR analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), analysis shows that for SAR CDCs, the comparator offset voltage will result in signal-dependent and parasitic-dependent conversion errors, which necessitates an op-amp-based implementation. The inverter-based SAR CDC contemplated herein provides robust, energy-efficient, and fast operation. The inverter-based SAR CDC may include a hybrid coarse-fine programmable capacitor array. The design of example embodiments is insensitive to analog references, and thus achieves very low temperature sensitivity without the need for calibration. Moreover, this design achieves improved energy efficiency.
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公开(公告)号:US20180166134A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-14
申请号:US15735978
申请日:2016-06-15
Inventor: Mohammed Affan Zidan , Hesham Omran , Ahmed Sultan Salem , Khaled Nabil Salama
IPC: G11C13/00
CPC classification number: G11C13/004 , G11C13/0007 , G11C13/003 , G11C27/024 , G11C2013/0054 , G11C2013/0057 , G11C2213/79
Abstract: A method for readout of a gated memristor array, a memristor array readout circuit and method of fabrication thereof are provided. In the context of the method, the method includes selecting a row of a memristor array associated with a desired cell, measuring the value of the selected memristor row, and selecting a column of a memristor array associated with the desired cell. The selection of the column and selection of the row selects the desired cell. The method also includes measuring the value of the memristor selected row with the selected desired cell and determining the value of the desired cell based on the value of the selected memristor row and the value of the selected memristor row with the selected desired cell.
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公开(公告)号:US09379664B2
公开(公告)日:2016-06-28
申请号:US14353024
申请日:2012-10-22
Inventor: Mohammed Affan Zidan , Hesham Omran , Ahmed G. Radwan , Khaled N. Salama
Abstract: A memristor-based oscillator can be fully implemented without any reactance element.
Abstract translation: 基于忆阻器的振荡器可以完全实现,没有任何电抗元件。
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公开(公告)号:US10819359B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-27
申请号:US15760456
申请日:2016-09-19
Inventor: Hesham Omran , Abdulaziz Alhoshany , Khaled Salama
Abstract: An energy-efficient capacitance-to-digital converter (CDC) is provided that utilizes a capacitance-domain successive approximation (SAR) technique. Unlike SAR analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), analysis shows that for SAR CDCs, the comparator offset voltage will result in signal-dependent and parasitic-dependent conversion errors, which necessitates an op-amp-based implementation. The inverter-based SAR CDC contemplated herein provides robust, energy-efficient, and fast operation. The inverter-based SAR CDC may include a hybrid coarse-fine programmable capacitor array. The design of example embodiments is insensitive to analog references, and thus achieves very low temperature sensitivity without the need for calibration. Moreover, this design achieves improved energy efficiency.
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公开(公告)号:US10001448B2
公开(公告)日:2018-06-19
申请号:US14375665
申请日:2013-01-30
Inventor: Ryan Luebke , Mohamed Eddaoudi , Hesham Omran , Youssef Belmabkhout , Osama Shekhah , Khaled N. Salama
CPC classification number: G01N27/02 , G01N27/041 , G01N27/12 , G01N33/0027 , G01N33/0031 , Y10T29/49117
Abstract: A gas sensor using a metal organic framework material can be fully integrated with related circuitry on a single substrate. In an on-chip application, the gas sensor can result in an area-efficient fully integrated gas sensor solution. In one aspect, a gas sensor can include a first gas sensing region including a first pair of electrodes, and a first gas sensitive material proximate to the first pair of electrodes, wherein the first gas sensitive material includes a first metal organic framework material.
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公开(公告)号:US20150020577A1
公开(公告)日:2015-01-22
申请号:US14375665
申请日:2013-01-30
Inventor: Ryan Luebke , Mohamed Eddaoudi , Hesham Omran , Youssef Belmabkhout , Osama Shekhah , Khaled N. Salama
CPC classification number: G01N27/02 , G01N27/041 , G01N27/12 , G01N33/0027 , G01N33/0031 , Y10T29/49117
Abstract: A gas sensor using a metal organic framework material can be fully integrated with related circuitry on a single substrate. In an on-chip application, the gas sensor can result in an area-efficient fully integrated gas sensor solution. In one aspect, a gas sensor can include a first gas sensing region including a first pair of electrodes, and a first gas sensitive material proximate to the first pair of electrodes, wherein the first gas sensitive material includes a first metal organic framework material.
Abstract translation: 使用金属有机骨架材料的气体传感器可以与单个基板上的相关电路完全集成。 在片上应用中,气体传感器可以产生全面集成的气体传感器解决方案。 在一个方面,气体传感器可以包括包括第一对电极的第一气体感测区域和靠近第一对电极的第一气体敏感材料,其中第一气体敏感材料包括第一金属有机骨架材料。
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公开(公告)号:US10340001B2
公开(公告)日:2019-07-02
申请号:US15751650
申请日:2016-08-23
Inventor: Mohammed Affan Zidan , Hesham Omran , Rawan Naous , Ahmed Sultan Salem , Khaled Nabil Salama
Abstract: Methods are provided for mitigating problems caused by sneak-paths current during memory cell access in gateless arrays. Example methods contemplated herein utilize adaptive-threshold readout techniques that utilize the locality and hierarchy properties of the computer memory system to address this sneak-paths problem. The method of the invention is a method for reading a target memory cell located at an intersection of a target row of a gateless array and a target column of the gateless array, the method comprising: —reading a value of the target memory cell; and—calculating an actual value of the target memory cell based on the read value of the memory cell and a component of the read value caused by sneak path current. Utilizing either an “initial bits” strategy or a “dummy bits” strategy in order to calculate the component of the read value caused by sneak path current, example embodiments significantly reduce the number of memory accesses pixel for an array readout. In addition, these strategies consume an order of magnitude less power in comparison to alternative state-of-the-art readout techniques.
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公开(公告)号:US10297318B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-21
申请号:US15735978
申请日:2016-06-15
Inventor: Mohammed Affan Zidan , Hesham Omran , Ahmed Sultan Salem , Khaled Nabil Salama
Abstract: A method for readout of a gated memristor array, a memristor array readout circuit and method of fabrication thereof are provided. In the context of the method, the method includes selecting a row of a memristor array associated with a desired cell, measuring the value of the selected memristor row, and selecting a column of a memristor array associated with the desired cell. The selection of the column and selection of the row selects the desired cell. The method also includes measuring the value of the memristor selected row with the selected desired cell and determining the value of the desired cell based on the value of the selected memristor row and the value of the selected memristor row with the selected desired cell.
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公开(公告)号:US20180233196A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-16
申请号:US15751650
申请日:2016-08-23
Inventor: Mohammed Affan Zidan , Hesham Omran , Rawan Naous , Ahmed Sultan Salem , Khaled Nabil Salama
CPC classification number: G11C13/004 , G11C13/0009 , G11C13/0033 , G11C2013/005 , G11C2013/0057 , G11C2213/70 , H01L27/2481 , H01L45/1206
Abstract: Methods are provided for mitigating problems caused by sneak-paths current during memory cell access in gateless arrays. Example methods contemplated herein utilize adaptive-threshold readout techniques that utilize the locality and hierarchy properties of the computer memory system to address this sneak-paths problem. The method of the invention is a method for reading a target memory cell located at an intersection of a target row of a gateless array and a target column of the gateless array, the method comprising: —reading a value of the target memory cell; and —calculating an actual value of the target memory cell based on the read value of the memory cell and a component of the read value caused by sneak path current. Utilizing either an “initial bits” strategy or a “dummy bits” strategy in order to calculate the component of the read value caused by sneak path current, example embodiments significantly reduce the number of memory accesses pixel for an array readout. In addition, these strategies consume an order of magnitude less power in comparison to alternative state-of-the-art readout techniques.
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公开(公告)号:US20150008988A1
公开(公告)日:2015-01-08
申请号:US14353024
申请日:2012-10-22
Inventor: Mohammed Affan Zidan , Hesham Omran , Ahmed G. Radwan , Khaled N. Salama
IPC: H03B7/00
Abstract: A memristor-based oscillator can be fully implemented without any reactance element.
Abstract translation: 基于忆阻器的振荡器可以完全实现,没有任何电抗元件。
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