Title :
A microprocessor interface for ferroelectric capacitor memory
Author :
Fouts, Douglas J. ; Gonter, Thomas C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., US Naval Postgrad. Sch., Monterey, CA, USA
Abstract :
An interface that maps a block of ferroelectric capacitor memory (FECM) into the address space of a microprocessor in such a way that it can write and read the memory as if it were a fully decoded silicon SRAM is described. The circuit has been breadboarded and tested and found to be 100% functional. A CMOS VLSI implementation of the interface is feasible and is being considered. Applications for FECMs and the proposed VLSI interface chip in portable, embedded, space-based, and weapon-based computers are discussed
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; ferroelectric storage; peripheral interfaces; CMOS VLSI implementation; FECMs; address space; ferroelectric capacitor memory; microprocessor interface; portable computers; space-based computers; weapon-based computers; Application software; Capacitors; Circuit testing; Decoding; Ferroelectric materials; Microprocessors; Random access memory; Read-write memory; Silicon; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Signals, Systems and Computers, 1992. 1992 Conference Record of The Twenty-Sixth Asilomar Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pacific Grove, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3160-0
DOI :
10.1109/ACSSC.1992.269084
