ZA818973B - Programmable memory cell and array - Google Patents

Programmable memory cell and array

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ZA818973B
ZA818973B ZA818973A ZA818973A ZA818973B ZA 818973 B ZA818973 B ZA 818973B ZA 818973 A ZA818973 A ZA 818973A ZA 818973 A ZA818973 A ZA 818973A ZA 818973 B ZA818973 B ZA 818973B
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South Africa
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cell
series
elements
memory
memory line
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ZA818973A
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George Corbin Lockwood
Murray Lawrence Trudel
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Ncr Co
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/10—Programming or data input circuits
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/04—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/10—Programming or data input circuits
    • G11C16/12—Programming voltage switching circuits
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00—Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/66—Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/68—Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor controllable by only the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to an electrode which does not carry the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
    • H01L29/76—Unipolar devices, e.g. field effect transistors
    • H01L29/772—Field effect transistors
    • H01L29/78—Field effect transistors with field effect produced by an insulated gate
    • H01L29/792—Field effect transistors with field effect produced by an insulated gate with charge trapping gate insulator, e.g. MNOS-memory transistors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K19/00—Logic circuits, i.e. having at least two inputs acting on one output; Inverting circuits
    • H03K19/02—Logic circuits, i.e. having at least two inputs acting on one output; Inverting circuits using specified components
    • H03K19/173—Logic circuits, i.e. having at least two inputs acting on one output; Inverting circuits using specified components using elementary logic circuits as components
    • H03K19/177—Logic circuits, i.e. having at least two inputs acting on one output; Inverting circuits using specified components using elementary logic circuits as components arranged in matrix form
    • H03K19/17704—Logic circuits, i.e. having at least two inputs acting on one output; Inverting circuits using specified components using elementary logic circuits as components arranged in matrix form the logic functions being realised by the interconnection of rows and columns
    • H03K19/17708—Logic circuits, i.e. having at least two inputs acting on one output; Inverting circuits using specified components using elementary logic circuits as components arranged in matrix form the logic functions being realised by the interconnection of rows and columns using an AND matrix followed by an OR matrix, i.e. programmable logic arrays
    • H03K19/17712—Logic circuits, i.e. having at least two inputs acting on one output; Inverting circuits using specified components using elementary logic circuits as components arranged in matrix form the logic functions being realised by the interconnection of rows and columns using an AND matrix followed by an OR matrix, i.e. programmable logic arrays one of the matrices at least being reprogrammable

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Mathematical Physics (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Computing Systems (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Read Only Memory (AREA)
  • Logic Circuits (AREA)
  • Techniques For Improving Reliability Of Storages (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Memories (AREA)
  • Dram (AREA)
  • Static Random-Access Memory (AREA)
ZA818973A 1980-12-29 1981-12-29 Programmable memory cell and array ZA818973B (en)

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US06/220,644 US4380804A (en) 1980-12-29 1980-12-29 Earom cell matrix and logic arrays with common memory gate

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US (1) US4380804A (xx)
EP (1) EP0067872B1 (xx)
JP (1) JPS57502024A (xx)
AT (1) ATE32543T1 (xx)
AU (1) AU543975B2 (xx)
CA (1) CA1179428A (xx)
DE (2) DE67872T1 (xx)
DK (1) DK384182A (xx)
WO (1) WO1982002275A1 (xx)
ZA (1) ZA818973B (xx)

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US4380804A (en) 1983-04-19
JPS57502024A (xx) 1982-11-11
CA1179428A (en) 1984-12-11
AU543975B2 (en) 1985-05-09
ATE32543T1 (de) 1988-03-15
EP0067872A4 (en) 1985-09-26
WO1982002275A1 (en) 1982-07-08
DK384182A (da) 1982-08-27
DE3176655D1 (en) 1988-03-24
EP0067872A1 (en) 1982-12-29
AU8083982A (en) 1982-07-20
EP0067872B1 (en) 1988-02-17

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