An advanced embedded flash technology for broad market applications

Author

Ko-Min Chang ; Sung-Taeg Kang ; Yater, J.

Author_Institution

Automotive, Ind. & Multi-market Solutions Group, Freescale Semicond., Inc., Austin, TX, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 29 2012-Nov. 1 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

In June 2010, Freescale introduced the Kinetis product family of ARM^®-core based 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) built on the 90nm TFS (Thin Film Storage) embedded flash technology. That was the first time a flash technology based on the silicon nanocrystals as the storage medium was ever productized - fully 14 years after Tiwari introduced the concept of nanocrystal memory [1]. This paper describes the TFS technology, the architecture, the special features, the robustness, and the extendibility to 40nm and beyond.

Keywords

embedded systems; flash memories; microcontrollers; nanoelectronics; thin film circuits; ARM-core; MCU; TFS embedded flash technology; advanced embedded flash technology; broad market applications; microcontrollers; nanocrystal memory; silicon nanocrystals; size 40 nm; size 90 nm; storage medium; thin film storage embedded flash technology; word length 32 bit; Arrays; Logic gates; Nanocrystals; Programming; Robustness; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT), 2012 IEEE 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2474-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSICT.2012.6466680

Filename

6466680