Embedded nonvolatile memories

Author

Shum, Danny

Author_Institution

Infineon Technol. Inc., Hopewell Junction, NY, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

210

Lastpage

215

Abstract

The embedded nonvolatile memories (NVM) offer in-system reprogrammability along with low power, noise reduction. more reliable, and reduced system cost while maintain high speed, high density system performance over other NVM including stand-alone flash memory. The extent of market opportunity is driven by product cost. For most applications, manufacturability is the primary concern for embedded NVM, not cell size. The design simplicity is a key factor when choosing cell design. Another area of concern for cell design is the integration compatibility of the logic core process to the additional NVM flow. In this paper we review different NVM concepts from ROM to flash, and to FeRAM, and their applications in support of the diverse and emerging consumer market

Keywords

cellular arrays; consumer electronics; ferroelectric storage; flash memories; integrated circuit noise; read-only storage; FeRAM; ROM; cell size; consumer market; density; design simplicity; embedded nonvolatile memories; flash memory; in-system reprogrammability; integration compatibility; logic core process; manufacturability; noise reduction; product cost; speed; system cost; Costs; Flash memory; Logic design; Maintenance; Manufacturing; Market opportunities; Noise reduction; Nonvolatile memory; Power system reliability; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ASIC, 2001. Proceedings. 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6677-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICASIC.2001.982534

Filename

982534