IP Library Granted Patent US 9,594,516
Granted Patent B2
US 9,594,516 · App. 14/181,054 · Granted Mar 14, 2017

Memory device with variable trim parameters

Inventors: Makoto Kitagawa (Folsom, CA); Takafumi Kunihiro (Boise, ID); Wataru Otsuka (Boise, ID); Tomohito Tsushima (Boise, ID)
Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
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Patent No.
US 9,594,516
App. No.
14/181,054
Granted
Mar 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A memory device comprising a memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells, two or more fuses coupled to the memory array, wherein each of the two or more fuses contains trim data for the memory array and a mode register for selecting one of the two or more fuses to be enabled.

Claims (19)

1. A memory device comprising:

a memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells;

two or more fuses coupled to the memory array, wherein each of the two or more fuses contains trim parameters for the memory array;

a mode register for selecting one of the two or more fuses to be enabled;

a lookup table, wherein the trim parameters are loaded into the lookup table; and

a multiplexer, coupled to the two or more fuses, the mode register, and the lookup table, wherein the multiplexer is between the two or more fuses and the lookup table, and wherein the multiplexer outputs the trim parameters of the selected fuse to be enabled to the lookup table based on data stored in the mode register.

2. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the trim parameters in a fuse contain one or more operating parameters for the memory array.

3. The memory device of claim 2 , wherein the trim parameters comprise at least a set voltage, a set current, a reset voltage, a reset current, a set pulse width, a reset pulse width, a number of verify bits, a number of set bits and a readvoltage.

4. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the memory device is a NANO memory device.

5. A method for selecting a mode for a memory device with variable trim settings comprising:

storing, in a mode register, a received input for selecting a mode from a plurality of modes for operating a memory device;

selecting a fuse corresponding to the selected mode, wherein trim parameters are stored in the selected fuse;

outputting, using a multiplexer, the trim parameters stored in the selected fuse based on the received input stored in the mode register;

loading the trim parameters stored in the fuse and outputted by the multiplexer into a lookup table;

and

operating the memory device using the trim parameters stored in the fuse and outputted by the multiplexer.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the trim parameters in a fuse contain one or more operating parameters for the memory core.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the trim parameters comprise at least a set voltage, a set current, a reset voltage, a reset current, a set pulse width, a reset pulse width, a number of verify bits, a number of set bits and a read voltage.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the memory device is a NANO memory device.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVE INCORRECT APPLICATION NUMBER 14/572221 AND REPLACE IT WITH 14/527221 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 040815 FRAME: 0649. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 27, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058875/0887 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NATURE OF CONVEYANCE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 039635 FRAME 0495. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 5, 2016
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040815/0649 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 9, 2016
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039635/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2014
From: KITAGAWA, MAKOTO; KUNIHIRO, TAKAFUMI; OTSUKA, WATARU; TSUSHIMA, TOMOHITO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032389/0066 →
Continuity (1)
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