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公开(公告)号:US20200013788A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-09
申请号:US16422740
申请日:2019-05-24
Applicant: Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Serguei Jourba , Catherine Decobert , Feng Zhou , Jinho Kim , Xian Liu , Nhan Do
IPC: H01L27/11524 , H01L29/66 , H01L21/8238 , H01L21/8234 , H01L21/768 , H01L27/088 , H01L21/266 , H01L29/788 , H01L29/78 , H01L29/423
Abstract: A method of forming a memory device including a plurality of upwardly extending fins in a semiconductor substrate upper surface. A memory cell is formed on a first fin, and includes spaced apart source and drain regions in the first fin, with a channel region extending along top and opposing side surfaces of the first fin between the source and drain regions. A floating gate extends along a first portion of the channel region. A select gate extends along a second portion of the channel region. A control gate extends along the floating gate. An erase gate extends along the source region. A second fin has a length that extends in a first direction which is perpendicular to a second direction in which a length of the first fin extends. The source region is formed in the first fin at an intersection of the first and second fins.
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公开(公告)号:US20190341118A1
公开(公告)日:2019-11-07
申请号:US16414714
申请日:2019-05-16
Applicant: Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Hieu Van Tran , Vipin Tiwari , Nhan Do
Abstract: Numerous embodiments of a data refresh method and apparatus for use with a vector-by-matrix multiplication (VMM) array in an artificial neural network are disclosed. Various embodiments of a data drift detector suitable for detecting data drift in flash memory cells within the VMM array are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20190295647A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-26
申请号:US16015020
申请日:2018-06-21
Applicant: Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Vipin Tiwari , Hieu Van Tran , Nhan Do , Mark Reiten
IPC: G11C16/04 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/788 , H01L27/11521
Abstract: A memory device includes rows and columns of memory cells, word lines each connected to a memory cell row, bit lines each connected to a memory cell column, a word line driver connected to the word lines, a bit line driver connected to the bit lines, word line switches each disposed on one of the word lines for selectively connecting one memory cell row to the word line driver, and bit line switches each disposed on one of the bit lines for selectively connecting one memory cell column to the bit line driver. A controller controls the word line switches to connect only some of the rows of memory cells to the word line driver at a first point in time, and controls the bit line switches to connect only some of the columns of memory cells to the bit line driver at a second point in time.
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公开(公告)号:US20190214396A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-11
申请号:US16160812
申请日:2018-10-15
Applicant: Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Chunming Wang , Andy Liu , Xian Liu , Leo Xing , Melvin Diao , Nhan Do
IPC: H01L27/11521
Abstract: A twin bit memory cell includes first and second spaced apart floating gates formed in first and second trenches in the upper surface of a semiconductor substrate. An erase gate, or a pair of erase gates, are disposed over and insulated from the floating gates, respectively. A word line gate is disposed over and insulated from a portion of the upper surface that is between the first and second trenches. A first source region is formed in the substrate under the first trench, and a second source region formed in the substrate under the second trench. A continuous channel region of the substrate extends from the first source region, along a side wall of the first trench, along the portion of the upper surface that is between the first and second trenches, along a side wall of the second trench, and to the second source region.
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公开(公告)号:US20190189214A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-20
申请号:US15849268
申请日:2017-12-20
Applicant: Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Vipin Tiwari , Nhan Do , Hieu Van Tran
IPC: G11C16/10 , G11C11/56 , H01L29/788 , H01L29/423 , G11C16/04
CPC classification number: G11C16/10 , G11C11/5628 , G11C16/0425 , G11C16/0483 , G11C2211/5648 , H01L29/42328 , H01L29/7885
Abstract: An improved programming technique for non-volatile memory cell arrays, in which memory cells to be programmed with higher programming values are programmed first, and memory cells to be programmed with lower programming values are programmed second. The technique reduces or eliminates the number of previously programmed cells from being adversely incrementally programmed by an adjacent cell being programmed to higher program levels, and reduces the magnitude of adverse incremental programming for most of the memory cells, which is caused by floating gate to floating gate coupling. The memory device includes an array of non-volatile memory cells and a controller configured to identify programming values associated with incoming data, and perform a programming operation in which the incoming data is programmed into at least some of the non-volatile memory cells in a timing order of descending value of the programming values.
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公开(公告)号:US20190172529A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-06
申请号:US16273337
申请日:2019-02-12
Applicant: Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Nhan Do , XIAN LIU , VIPIN TIWARI , HIEU VAN TRAN
IPC: G11C11/419 , H01L29/788 , H01L29/66 , G11C16/14 , G11C16/04 , H01L29/423 , H01L21/28 , H01L27/11521
Abstract: A method of forming a memory device that includes forming on a substrate, a first insulation layer, a first conductive layer, a second insulation layer, a second conductive layer, a third insulation layer. First trenches are formed through third insulation layer, the second conductive layer, the second insulation layer and the first conductive layer, leaving side portions of the first conductive layer exposed. A fourth insulation layer is formed at the bottom of the first trenches that extends along the exposed portions of the first conductive layer. The first trenches are filled with conductive material. Second trenches are formed through the third insulation layer, the second conductive layer, the second insulation layer and the first conductive layer. Drain regions are formed in the substrate under the second trenches. A pair of memory cells results, with a single continuous channel region extending between drain regions for the pair of memory cells.
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公开(公告)号:US20190139602A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-09
申请号:US16148304
申请日:2018-10-01
Applicant: Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Vipin Tiwari , Nhan Do , Hieu Van Tran
Abstract: A method of reading a memory device having a plurality of memory cells by, and a device configured for, reading a first memory cell of the plurality of memory cells to generate a first read current, reading a second memory cell of the plurality of memory cells to generate a second read current, applying a first offset value to the second read current, and then combining the first and second read currents to form a third read current, and then determining a program state using the third read current. Alternately, a first voltage is generated from the first read current, a second voltage is generated from the second read current, whereby the offset value is applied to the second voltage, wherein the first and second voltages are combined to form a third voltage, and then the program state is determined using the third voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US20190080754A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-14
申请号:US16119416
申请日:2018-08-31
Applicant: Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Hieu Van Tran , Anh Ly , Thuan Vu , Stanley Hong , Feng Zhou , Xian Liu , Nhan Do
Abstract: Numerous embodiments of methods for writing to a resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system verifies if a current through the RRAM cell exceeds a threshold value, and if it does not, the system executes a concurrent write-while-verify operation. In another embodiment, the system verifies if current through the RRAM cell has reached a target value, and if it has not, the system executes a write operation and then verifies the write operation using a current comparison.
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公开(公告)号:US20180226421A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-09
申请号:US15945659
申请日:2018-04-04
Applicant: Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Chunming Wang , Nhan Do
IPC: H01L27/11521 , G11C16/04 , H01L29/423 , G11C16/10 , G11C16/16
CPC classification number: H01L27/11521 , G11C16/0433 , G11C16/10 , G11C16/16 , H01L21/28273 , H01L27/11524 , H01L29/42328
Abstract: A memory device that includes a substrate of semiconductor material of a first conductivity type, first and second regions spaced apart in the substrate and having a second conductivity type different than the first conductivity type, with a continuous channel region in the substrate extending between the first and second regions. A first floating gate is disposed over and insulated from a first portion of the channel region adjacent to the first region. A second floating gate is disposed over and insulated from a second portion of the channel region adjacent to the second region. A word line gate is disposed over and insulated from a third portion of the channel region between the first and second channel region portions. A first erase gate disposed over and insulated from the first region. A second erase gate disposed is over and insulated from the second region.
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公开(公告)号:US20180053560A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-22
申请号:US15479235
申请日:2017-04-04
Applicant: Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Hieu Van Tran , Anh Ly , Thuan Vu , Vipin Tiwari , Nhan Do
CPC classification number: G11C16/08 , G11C16/0425 , G11C16/10 , G11C16/14 , G11C16/24 , G11C16/26 , G11C16/28 , G11C16/32 , G11C16/3418 , G11C16/3427 , G11C2216/04 , G11C2216/22
Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, one row is selected and two columns are selected for a read or programming operation, such that twice as many flash memory cells can be read from or programmed in a single operation compared to the prior art. In another embodiment of the present invention, two rows in different sectors are selected and one column is selected for a read operation, such that twice as many flash memory cells can be read in a single operation compared to the prior art.
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