Abstract:
The present invention relates to a multiplexer comprising at least a first input and a second input and one output connected to the first input via a first pass gate and to the second input via a second pass gate, wherein the first pass gate comprises at least a first double-gate transistor, and the second pass gate comprises at least a second double-gate transistor, and each of the first and second double-gate transistors has a first gate controlled based on a first control signal and a second gate controlled based on a second control signal. The invention further relates to a look-up table and a and an FPGA based on the multiplexer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a look-up table comprising a plurality of register signals (r0-r3); a plurality of inputs signals (A, A′, B, B′); and at least one output signal (Y); and a plurality of pass gates, wherein at least a first pass gate of the plurality of pass gates is controlled by at least a first input signal of the plurality of input signals, and by at least a first register signal, of the plurality of register signals, such that the register signal has priority over the input signal on the operation of the first pass gate.
Abstract:
A sense amplifier for a series of cells of a memory, including a writing stage comprising a CMOS inverter, the input of which is directly or indirectly connected to an input terminal of the sense amplifier, and the output of which is connected to an output terminal of the sense amplifier intended to be connected to a local bitline addressing the cells of the series, and a reading stage that includes a sense transistor, the gate of which is connected to the output of the inverter and the drain of which is connected to the input of the inverter.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a look-up table comprising a plurality of register signals (r0-r3); a plurality of inputs signals (A, A′, B, B′); and at least one output signal (Y); and a plurality of pass gates, wherein at least a first pass gate of the plurality of pass gates is controlled by at least a first input signal of the plurality of input signals, and by at least a first register signal, of the plurality of register signals, such that the register signal has priority over the input signal on the operation of the first pass gate.
Abstract:
a circuit for sensing a difference in voltage on a pair of dual signal lines comprising a first signal line and a second signal line complementary to the first signal line, comprising: a pair of cross-coupled inverters arranged between the first and the second signal lines, each inverter having a pull-up transistor and a pull-down transistor, the sources of the pull-up transistors or of the pull-down transistors being respectively connected to a first and a second pull voltage signals, decode transistor having source and drain terminals respectively coupled to one of the first and second signal lines and a gate controlled by a decoding control signal, whereby when the decode transistor is turned on by the decoding control signal, a short circuit is established between the first and the second signal lines through which current flows from one of the first and second pull voltage signals, thereby generating a disturb in between the first and the second pull voltage signals.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a sense amplifier for sensing and amplifying data stored in a memory cell, the sense amplifier being connected between a bit line (BL) and a reference bit line complementary (/BL) to the first bit line and comprising: a sense circuit (SC) capable of providing an output indicative of the data stored in the memory cell; and a precharge and decode circuit (PDC) comprising a pair of dual gate transistors (T5, T6) for precharging the first and second bit lines during a precharge operation and for transferring the output provided by the sense circuit to a data line (LIO,/LIO) during a read operation.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a register cell comprising one output node, at least two power supply nodes, and a first flash transistor and a second flash transistor, wherein the register cell is configured so that the output node can be driven by at least one of the power supply nodes as a function of the value stored in at least one of the flash transistors. The invention further relates to an FPGA comprising the register cell.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a charge pump circuit comprising an input node for inputting a voltage to be boosted; an output node for outputting a boosted voltage; a plurality of pumping stages connected in series between the input node and the output node, each pump stage comprising at least one charge transfer transistor, wherein the at least one charge transfer transistor is a double-gate transistor comprising a first gate for turning the transistor on or off according to a first control signal applied to the first gate and a second gate for modifying the threshold voltage of the transistor according to a second control signal applied to the second gate, wherein the first and second control signals have the same phase.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a floating body memory cell comprising: a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor, wherein at least the second MOS transistor has a floating body; and wherein the first and second MOS transistors are configured such that charges can be moved to/from the floating body of the second MOS transistor via the first MOS transistor.