Would you like to add the capabilities of the Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) as a storage element in your silicon integrated logic circuits, and as a trimming sector in your high voltage driver and other silicon integrated analog circuits? Would you like to learn how to embed the NVM into your silicon integrated circuit products to improve their performance?
This book is written to help you.
It provides comprehensive instructions on fabricating the NVM using the same processes you are using to fabricate your logic integrated circuits. We at our eMemory company call this technology the embedded Logic NVM. Because embedded Logic NVM has simple fabrication processes, it has replaced the conventional NVM in many traditional and new applications, including LCD driver, LED driver, MEMS controller, touch panel controller, power management unit, ambient and motion sensor controller, micro controller unit (MCU), security ID setting tag, RFID, NFC, PC camera controller, keyboard controller, and mouse controller. The recent explosive growth of the Logic NVM indicates that it will soon dominate all NVM applications. The embedded Logic NVM was invented and has been implemented in users' applications by the 200+ employees of our eMemory company, who are also the authors and author-assistants of this book.
This book covers the following Logic NVM products: One Time Programmable (OTP) memory, Multiple Times Programmable (MTP) memory, Flash memory, and Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM). The fundamentals of the NVM are described in this book, which include: the physics and operations of the memory transistors, the basic building block of the memory cells and the access circuits.
All of these products have been used continuously by the industry worldwide. In-depth readers can attain expert proficiency in the implementation of the embedded Logic NVM technology in their products.
Sample Chapter(s)
Foreword (155 KB)
Chapter 1: Introduction (774 KB)
Contents:
- Introduction:
- What are Logic NVMs
- When to Use Logic NVM
- Why Use Logic NVM
- Which Logic NVM is Better to Use
- Where to Get the Logic NVM Platform
- How to Use Logic NVM
- One Time Programmable (OTP) Memory:
- OTP (NeoBit) Cell
- Process Integration
- Reliability
- Design
- Introduction for ESD Protection on Non-Volatile Memories
- Test Flow and Characterization
- Qualification
- Application
- IP Specifications
- Multiple Times Programmable (MTP) Derivatives
- OTP to ROM Conversion
- Flash:
- Device
- Process Integration
- Reliability
- Design
- Test Flow and Characterization
- Qualification
- Applications
- IP Specifications
- Flash to ROM Conversion
- EEPROM:
- Device
- Process Integration
- NeoEE Design Introduction
- Characterization and Reliability
- Applications
- IP Specifications
- Non-Volatile Memory IP Foundry:
- IP Developing Flow
- IP Design and Layout Flow
- IP Service Flow
- IP Deliverables and Security
- Intelligent System for IP Production
Readership: Advanced undergraduate students and graduate students in electrical, electronics, computer engineering, and physics departments; university researchers and teachers interested in NVM; device and process engineers; circuit designers; product engineers; reliability engineers; and engineering managers.
Dr Charles Ching-Hsiang Hsu graduated from National Tsing-Hua University (NTHU), Hsinchu, Taiwan, with a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering and with honors became a member of the prestigious Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society. He received the MS and PhD (1987) degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, supervised by Professor Chih-Tang Sah. He was then with IBM T J Watson Research Center for five years. In 1992, Dr Hsu returned to NTHU as an associate professor in the Department of Electronics Engineering. He was promoted to professor in 1996 and Director of Research Institute of Electronics Engineering from 1999 to 2000. Dr Hsu holds over 200 patents and published 120 articles on semiconductor devices, which have received the Excellent Research Award from National Science Council in Taiwan in 1996 and 1998; and the Gold Medal of the National Invention and Creation Award from Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taiwan in 2005 for his innovations.
Dr Hsu founded the eMemory Technology in 2000 and served as its first President, with the goal of providing the most innovative NVM IP (Non-Volatile Memory Intellectual Property) technology. As the industrial partners and customers realized the unparallel value of eMemory's innovations and superior technical services, the company's successes and popularities quickly grew in the next 10 years. Today, over 300 companies worldwide have implemented eMemory's NVM IP, totaling 3.3M silicon integrating circuit wafers with NeoBit OTP (One Time Programmable) macro, fabricated by 95% of the world's Foundries. Under Dr Hsu's inspiring leadership, eMemory has continued to attain technology breakthroughs, which have been recognized by the Contribution Award of the 2008 National Invention and Creation Award in Taiwan. eMemory is now the world's leading provider of embedded NVM IP. In 2009, Dr Hsu was elected as the Chairman of eMemory.
Mr Yuan-Tai Lin joined eMemory as the Vice President of the Product Development Division in 2000. Assigned by CEO Dr. Charles Hsu, Mr Lin led the R&D team to successfully develop eMemory's proprietary NeoBit, NeoFlash and NeoEE technologies. These are the ultimate solutions of embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) for CMOS logic circuit applications. During 1998 to 2000, he was with Macronix Inc. as the Department Manager of the Flash Design Department II. From 1990 to 1998, Mr. Lin held several engineering leadership positions at Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. and Taiwan Industrial Technology Research Institute. Mr. Lin earned the Master Degree in Electrical Engineering from National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Hsinchu, Taiwan in 1990.
Dr Evans Ching-Sung Yang was born in 1970 in Taiwan and received the BS, MS and PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Tsing-Hua University (NTHU), Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 1993, 1995, and 1999, respectively. From 2000 to 2004, he was employed by eMemory Technology Inc., Hsinchu, Taiwan. He was engaged in the research and development for CMOS and Flash Memory. His assignments included device physics and device engineering. In 2004, he joined Powerchip Semiconductor Corp. (PSC), Hsinchu, Taiwan. During the PSC period, he participated in the 70nm/50nm NAND Flash memory technology development projects and successfully developed NAND Flash technology for volume production. In 2009, he returned to eMemory Technology Inc. as the senior director of advanced technology development division. His major responsibilities are in the developments of the logic process-based embedded nonvolatile memory IP technology. He currently serves as a program committee member of the Solid-State Device and Material Symposium of Japan (SSDM).
Dr Rick Shih-Jye Shen received the BS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 1992 and 1998, respectively. Dr Shen was appointed President of eMemory Technology in October 2009, succeeding Dr Charles Hsu. Dr Shen previously had served as eMemory's Vice President in charge of operation and technology development since March 2008. In this position, he oversaw the technology development and formed the customer service team. From 2005 to 2008, Dr Shen served as the director of technology & IP service. He supervised the company's technology development migration from 0.7um to 90nm. He holds 20 US patents and 20 more pending, and has published more than 30 technical papers, which have received the Gold Medal of the National Invention and Creation Award from Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taiwan in 2005 for his innovations.
