• DocumentCode
    1051343
  • Title

    A 65 nm 1 Gb 2b/cell NOR Flash With 2.25 MB/s Program Throughput and 400 MB/s DDR Interface

  • Author

    Villa, Corrado ; Vimercati, Daniele ; Schippers, Stefan ; Polizzi, Salvatore ; Scavuzzo, Andrea ; Perroni, Maurizio ; Gaibotti, Maurizio ; Sali, Mauro Luigi

  • Author_Institution
    ST Microelectron., Agrate Brianza
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    132
  • Lastpage
    140
  • Abstract
    This paper describes a 1.8 V, 1 Gb 2 b/cell NOR flash memory, based on time-domain voltage-ramp reading concept and designed in a 65 nm technology. Program method, architecture and algorithm to reach 2.25 MB/s programming throughput are also presented, as well as the read concept, allowing 70 ns random access time and a 400 MB/s sustained read throughput via a DDR interface.
  • Keywords
    CMOS memory circuits; flash memories; DDR interface; NOR flash memory; byte rate 2.25 MByte/s; byte rate 400 MByte/s; program throughput; read throughput; size 65 nm; storage capacity 1 Gbit; time 70 ns; time-domain voltage-ramp reading concept; voltage 1.8 V; Clocks; Data structures; Flash memory; Hardware; Operational amplifiers; Paper technology; Throughput; Time domain analysis; Voltage; Wireless communication; DDR interface; NOR flash memory; multilevel flash;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSSC.2008.916028
  • Filename
    4443214