SESSION TP 16
SALON 10-15, Tues, 8
1:30 PM

NON-VOLATILE AND SRAM

Chair: G. Smarandoiu, Atmel Corp., San Jose, CA
Associate Chair: J. Miyamoto, Toshiba Corp., Sakae-ku, Yokohama, Japan


16.1 A 16Mb 400MHz Loadless CMOS 4-Transistor
SRAM Macro
1:30 PM
K. Takeda, Y. Aimoto, N. Nakamura, H. Toyoshima, T. Iwasaki 1,
K. Noda, H. Matsui, S. Itoh, S. Masuoka, T. Horiuchi, A. Nakagawa,
K. Shimogawa, H. Takahashi
NEC Corp, Sagamihara, Japan
1NEC Informatec Systems, Ltd.

A 16Mb 400MHz loadless CMOS 4-transistor SRAM macro has: end-point dual-pulse driver for stable data hold and minimum cycle time, wordline voltage-level comparison for stable static data hold, and all-adjoining twisted bitline to reduce bitline coupling capacitance.


16.2 An 833MHz 1.5W 18Mb CMOS SRAM with 1.67Gb/s/pin
2:00 PM
H. Pilo, A. Allen, J. Covino, P. Hansen, S. Lamphier, C. Murphy,
T. Traver, P. Yee
IBM Microelectronics, Essex Junction, VT

An 833MHz 18Mb CMOS SRAM with 1.67Gb/s/pin data rate uses 0.18 um CMOS process with copper interconnects. The SRAM operates in double-data-rate mode and consumes 1.5W at 833MHz. A data-to-echo-clock tracking system, combined with data-symetric output drivers, delivers maximum data windows across the SRAM frequency stage.


16.3 The Future of Ferroelectric Memories
2:30 PM
C. Paz de Araujo, L. McMillan, V. Joshi, N. Solayappan, M. Lim,
K. Arita 1, N. Moriwaki 1, H. Hirano 1, T. Baba 2, Y. Shimada 1, T. Sumi 1,
E. Fujii 1, T. Otsuki 1
Symetrix Corp., Colorado Springs, CO
1Matsushita Corp., Osaka, Japan
2Panasonic Technologies, Inc., Cupertino, CA

Low and medium density FeRAM promise 1V operation, 1-10ns write, and non-volatility with virtually no endurance limit. FeRAM technology covered focuses on FeRAM device physics, reliability and device trends for 0.25 to 0.18 um and beyond. Embedded FeRAM technology is compatible with evolving CMOS technology. Capacitor scaling to 0.04 um2 is possible.

BREAK 3:00 PM



16.4 A 128kb FeRAM Macro for a Contact/Contactless Smart-Card Microcontroller 3:15 PM
J. Yamada, T. Miwa, H. Koike, H. Toyoshima, K. Amanuma,
S. Kobayashi, T. Tatsumi. Y. Maejima, H. Hada, H. Mori,
S. Takahashi, H. Takeuchi, T. Kunio
NEC Corp., Sagamihara, Japan

A FeRAM for contact/contactless smart-card controller, using 0.35 um 3-metal CMOS and CMVP, has memory size from 32kb to 128kb, 0.3mA current consumption, and >10 8 read/write cycle endurance with supply from 2.7 to 5.5V.


16.5 A 0.4 um3.3V 1T1C 4Mb Nonvolatile Ferroelectric RAM with Fixed Bitline Voltage Reference and Data Protection Circuit 3:45 PM
B-G Jeon, M-K. Choi, Y. Song, S-K. Oh, Y. Chung, K-D. Suh, K. Kim
Samsung Electronics Co., Yongin, Korea

A 0.4 um 3.3V 1T1C 4Mb nonvolatile ferroelectric RAM uses charge evaluation with stable voltage generator free from fatigue and endurance to provide optimum reference for all cells, data protection to eliminate loss during power-off, and test circuit for optimum read-pulse width.


16.6 A 40mm 2 3V 50MHz 64Mb 4-Level Cell NOR Type
Flash Memory 4:15 PM
G. Campardo, R. Micheloni, S. Commodaro, E. Yero, M. Zammattio, S. Mognoni, A. Sacco, M. Picca, A. Manstretta, M. Scotti, I. Motta,
C. Golla, A. Pierin, A. Ohba 1, T. Futatsuya 1, R. Makabe 1, S. Kawai 1,
Y. Kai 1, N. Ajika 1, S. Shimizu 1, T. Ohnakado 1, T. Sugihara 1, R. Bez,
A. Grossi, A. Modelli, O. Khouri 2, G. Torelli 2
STMicroelectronics, Agrate Brianza, Italy
1Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Itami, Japan
2University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

A 3V-only 64Mb 4-level-cell (2b/cell) Nor Flash memory uses 0.18 um CMOS. The 40mm 2 device is organized in 64 1Mb sectors. Hierarchical column and row decoding ensures complete isolation between sectors during any operation. 130ns-access-time synchronous and 50MHz-data-rate burst mode readout are provided.


16.7 A Channel-Erasing 1.8V-Only 32Mb NOR Flash EEPROM with a Bit-Line Direct-Sensing Scheme 4:45 PM
S. Atsumi, A. Umezawa, T. Tanzawa, T. Taura, H. Shiga, Y. Takano, T. Miyaba, M. Matsui, H. Watanabe, K. Isobe, S. Kitamura,
S. Yamada, M. Saito, S. Mori, T. Watanabe
Toshiba Microelectronics Corp., Sakae-ku, Yokohama, Japan

A 1.8V-only 32Mb NOR flash EEPROM with channel-erasing realizes a 0.49 um2 cell in 0.25 um CMOS. A block decoder circuit with erase-reset sequence is used for channel-erasing. At 1.8V, 90ns access time is obtained by bit-line direct-sensing, word-line-boosted voltage pooling, and erased threshold compaction.

CONCLUSION 5:15 PM