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477 results about "Transmission gate" patented technology

A transmission gate (TG) is an analog gate similar to a relay that can conduct in both directions or block by a control signal with almost any voltage potential. It is a CMOS-based switch, in which PMOS passes a strong 1 but poor 0, and NMOS passes strong 0 but poor 1. Both PMOS and NMOS work simultaneously.

Image sensor

To provide an image sensor in which the conversion gain (CG) is improved, the arrangement efficiency and size of pixel transistors are increased, and a metal wiring layer is reduced.SOLUTION: An image sensor of the present invention includes a pixel including two photodiodes (PDs) disposed on both sides in a first direction, a deep trench isolation (DTI) structure including an internal DTI structure that separates the two PDs in the pixel from each other and extends in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and an external DTI structure that separates the pixels from each other and extends in the first direction or the second direction, a floating diffusion (FD) region that is disposed between a central part of the external DTI structure extending in the first direction and an edge of the internal DTI structure, and a transmission gate (TG) disposed adjacent to the FD region and disposed at least one by one in the PD. The two PDs in the pixel share the FD region.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Voltage mode weak-PUF circuit with rich challenge-response pairs

A voltage mode weak-PUF circuit with rich challenge-response pairs comprises four decoders, two PUF arrays, a sequential control circuit and a voltage comparator. One-to-two PUF arrays are used to replace existing one-to-one PUF arrays to increase the number of challenge-response pairs by 2N times, from 2N realized by the one-to-one PUF arrays to 2N×2N, wherein N=a+b. Each PUF cell comprises m*n PUF cells and n transmission gates, and adopts a simple common-source amplifier structure formed by a first PMOS transistor, a first NMOS transistor and a second NMOS transistor, wherein any one PUF cell in one PUF array can be compared with any one PUF cell in the other PUF array to generate an output response. The number of output responses is 2N, so the proportion of the PUF cells for generating one challenge-response pair is 2N / 2N=1 / 2N, and the reuse rate of the same PUF cell is merely 1 / 2N.
Owner:WENZHOU UNIV

Downselector for Sensing Electrode Voltages in an Implantable Stimulator Device

Sensing circuitry for an implantable stimulator device is disclosed. The sensing circuitry includes a downselector with switching networks used to couple selected electrode nodes and / or DC voltages to one or more sense amps. The switching networks comprise high-voltage devices that are controlled in accordance with a high-voltage power supply voltage VH. VH may be generated by a boost circuit, and may be set to the higher of a boosted voltage and a compliance voltage that powers the stimulation circuitry. The switching networks include three switches, some of which may comprise transfer gates. The downselector can be controlled to couple one or more electrodes nodes to a particular sense amp during sensing durations. The downselector can also be controlled during stimulation durations to couple one or more electrodes nodes together, thus supplementing operation of the stimulation circuitry.
Owner:BOSTON SCI NEUROMODULATION CORP

Static random-access memory (SRAM) device and related SRAM-based compute-in-memory devices

An SRAM cell includes a first inverter cross-coupled to a second inverter. The first inverter includes a first pull-up transistor and a first pull-down transistor, having coupled drains that define a first storage node. The SRAM cell further includes a first N-type pass-gate transistor having a first drain coupled to a write bit line, a first source coupled to the first storage node, and a first gate coupled to a first write word line. The SRAM cell further includes a first P-type pass-gate transistor having a second drain coupled to the write bit line and a second source coupled to the first storage node. The SRAM cell further includes a P-type transistor having a third drain, coupled to a second gate of the first P-type pass-gate transistor, a third source coupled to a second write word line, and a third gate coupled to an enable signal.
Owner:TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO LTD

Latch circuit capable of effectively self-recovering three-node data flipping and chip

PendingCN120567101AElectric pulse generatorTransmission gateNode (circuits)
The invention relates to the technical field of integrated circuit design, in particular to a latch circuit capable of effectively self-recovering three-node data flipping and a chip. The circuit comprises a pull-up tube part, a pull-down tube part, a signal inverting part, a clock control inverting part, a transmission tube part and a transmission gate part. According to the latch circuit capable of effectively self-recovering three-node data flipping provided by the invention, the eight storage nodes S1 to S8 are correspondingly reinforced by adopting a means of combining polarity reinforcement and source isolation reinforcement, and are matched with the signal inverting part, the clock control inverting part, the transmission tube part and the transmission gate part for use, so that the circuit has complete SNU, DNU and TNU self-recovery capability, and the reliability of the circuit is improved. And the power consumption is low. According to the invention, the problem that the existing circuit cannot reduce the power consumption under the condition of resisting SNU, DNU and TNU at the same time is solved.
Owner:ANHUI UNIV

A fan-out board-level packaging bonding machine

This invention relates to the field of semiconductor packaging technology, and more particularly to a fan-out board-level packaging bonding machine, comprising a support and a cavity. The cavity is fixed inside the support, and a vacuum transfer gate is provided at the front end of the cavity. A pressure applying mechanism is mounted on the top of the support and extends into the cavity. An upper bonding platform is mounted on the bottom of the pressure applying mechanism. A lower bonding platform is provided at the bottom of the cavity. An alignment mechanism and a receiving mechanism are mounted inside the cavity. This invention, through the structural design of the receiving mechanism, alignment mechanism, pressure applying mechanism, and top PIN mechanism, achieves product loading and unloading, high-precision alignment, and bonding. Furthermore, it features high flatness of each bonding layer, high parallelism between bonding surfaces, high uniformity of force acting on the product, and high uniformity of platform temperature. It also allows for controlled temperature rise and fall, enabling the board-level packaging to accommodate more chips, improving production efficiency and reducing costs.
Owner:SHENZHEN 80 UNITED EQUIP CO LTD

Retention flip-flop with multiple positive supply voltage domains

A disclosed flip-flop includes primary and secondary sections connected to switchable and continuous power supplies, respectively. The primary section includes logic outputting first control signals, a primary latch controlled by the first control signals, and a data output device connected to an output terminal of the primary latch. The secondary section includes logic outputting second control signals and a secondary latch. A first transmission gate controlled by the second control signals is connected between the output terminal of the primary latch and an input terminal of the secondary latch. A second transmission gate controlled by the first and second control signals is connected between output and input terminals of the secondary latch. In a normal mode, both sections receive power and the first transmission gate is conductive. In a retention mode, the primary section is powered down, the first transmission gate is non-conductive and the second transmission gate is conductive.
Owner:GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC

Multi-Port Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM) with Buffered Read Port and P and N Pass Gates to Same Write Bit Line

A multi-port memory cell has a write-only cell and a buffered read port. The write-only cell has cross-coupled inverters and transmission gates to write bit lines. Each transmission gate has n-channel and p-channel transistors in parallel that both turn on during writing but remain off for reading. A node in the cross-coupled inverters is applied to a gate of a buffer transistor that has a channel in series with a channel of a read pass transistor to a read bit line. The buffered read port can be an inverter and a transmission gate, or can have p-channel and n-channel buffer and pass transistors in a four-transistor stack. The number of p-channel and n-channel transistors can be equal for use in a standard-cell or macro library layout, and the standard-cell logic power supply can be used for the memory cells even for ultra-low supply voltages.
Owner:ARIL COMP CORP

SOT-MRAM storage and calculation unit, array, system and method supporting XOR operation

The invention provides an SOT-MRAM memory calculation unit, array, system and method supporting exclusive-or operation, which support data writing and reading and exclusive-or operation and complete common exclusive-or operation in a memory to reduce data transmission so as to relieve the storage wall problem. The SOT-MRAM storage and calculation unit provided by the invention comprises a first NMOS (N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor) tube, a first transmission gate and a magnetic tunnel junction SOT-MTJ, the SOT-MRAM storage and calculation array disclosed by the invention comprises four SOT-MRAM storage and calculation units which are arranged in a 2 * 2 manner; the SOT-MRAM storage and calculation system disclosed by the invention comprises an SOT-MRAM storage and calculation array, two induction circuit modules and an XOR operation circuit module, the SOT-MRAM storage and calculation method comprises the following steps of data writing operation, data reading operation and XOR operation.
Owner:ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY

Oscillator circuit for PWM controller

The invention belongs to the technical field of electronic circuits, and particularly relates to an oscillator circuit for a PWM controller. Comprising an oscillator module which comprises a feedback loop and a current detection circuit; the hiccup module is used for gating and outputting an input signal by a data selector according to the level of the input PWM logic control signal so as to control the on-off of a transmission gate, establishing a charging and discharging process and providing a delay starting function for the oscillator module; and the jittering frequency module outputs current sources Iref0 of different sizes by performing combined gating on a current source I'ref and current sources I1-I4, outputs four paths of current sources Iref1-Iref4 of different sizes through a current mirror array mirror image, and provides charging and discharging current for the oscillator module and the hiccup module. By dynamically adjusting the PWM frequency, the switching frequency is matched with the load requirement, the invalid switching frequency is reduced, and the power consumption is greatly reduced.
Owner:WUXI I CORE ELECTRONICS

Method for manufacturing semiconductor device with passing gate

The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a first trench in a substrate, disposing a first gate electrode in the first trench, and disposing a dummy gate electrode on the first gate electrode in the first trench. The method also includes removing the dummy gate electrode from the first gate electrode and forming a first doped region in the first gate electrode.
Owner:NAN YA TECH

Dynamic power efficient low power flip-flop

A dynamic flip-flop circuit with a feedback loop includes a input tristate circuit configured to receive a data signal and a clock signal to output a tristate output data signal. The dynamic flip-flop circuit also includes a feedforward circuit configured to receive the tristate output data signal as input to output a feedforward output data signal. The dynamic flip-flop circuit also includes a feedback loop circuit configured to connect the output of the feedforward circuit and the output of the input tristate circuit. The feedback loop circuit includes a transmission gate circuit that is partially on.
Owner:SYNOPSYS INC

Integrated circuit structure

An integrated circuit structure is provided. The integrated circuit structure includes at least one static random-access memory (SRAM) cell. The SRAM cell includes a first active region, a second active region, a first pull-up transistor, a second pull-up transistor, a first isolation transistor, a second isolation transistor, a first pass-gate transistor, a second pass-gate transistor, a first pull-down transistor and a second pull-down transistor. The first active region and the second active region follow a first routing direction. The first pull-up transistor, the second pull-up transistor, the first isolation transistor and the second isolation transistor are formed upon the first active region. The first pass-gate transistor, the second pass-gate transistor the first pull-down transistor and the second pull-down transistor are formed upon the second active region. Each of the at least one SRAM cell has a Y-pitch along the first routing direction. The Y-pitch is 4X contacted poly pitch.
Owner:TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO LTD

Low area and power multi-bit flip-flop

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to device testing using scan chains including various flip-flop devices in a multi-bit flip-flop configuration. A circuit device included herein includes a first flip-flop sub-circuit and a second flip-flop sub-circuit. The first flip-flop sub-circuit is coupled to receive a clock signal and an input, and the second flip-flop circuit is coupled to the first flip-flop sub-circuit. The first flip-flop sub-circuit includes an input sub-circuit, a first latch sub-circuit, a first latch tristate, a second latch sub-circuit, and a first output inverter. The second latch sub-circuit includes a first transmission gate, a first inverter, and a second inverter. The second flip-flop sub-circuit includes a second transmission gate, a first clock tristate, a third latch sub-circuit, a second latch tristate, a fourth latch sub-circuit, and a second output inverter. The fourth latch sub-circuit includes a third transmission gate, a third inverter, and a fourth inverter.
Owner:TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC

A low-overhead four-point flip-flop hardened latch

The application relates to the technical field of latches, and discloses a low-overhead four-point flip-flop reinforced latch, which comprises a transmission gate assembly and an inverter assembly connected with the transmission gate assembly, and a node assembly is formed between the transmission gate assembly and the inverter assembly; the transmission gate assembly comprises transmission gates TG1-TG12; the inverter assembly comprises inverters DI1-DI24; and the node assembly comprises nodes N1-N24 located on the inverter assembly. The application has higher reliability, lower power consumption and greatly reduced delay, and can be widely applied to the fields of aerospace and medical treatment and the like which have high latch reliability requirements.
Owner:HEFEI UNIV OF TECH

Frontside and backside bit lines in a memory array

A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a logic cell and a memory array including a plurality of memory cells. The memory cells and the logic cell are arranged in a row, and a first plurality of the memory cells are positioned closer to the logic cell than a second plurality of the memory cells. A frontside interconnect structure is disposed over the memory cells and includes a frontside bit line. The frontside bit line is coupled to each of the memory cells arranged in the row. A backside interconnect structure is disposed under the memory cells and includes a backside bit line. The backside bit line is coupled to at least the first plurality of the memory cells. The frontside bit line is coupled to the backside bit line through a source / drain feature of a pass-gate transistor of one of the first plurality of the memory cells.
Owner:TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO LTD

Back side illumination image sensor and method of manufacturing the same

A back side illumination (BSI) image sensor includes an epitaxial substrate, a deep trench isolation (DTI) structure from one surface to the other surface of the epitaxial substrate, a buried oxide layer on the epitaxial substrate, an epitaxial layer, a well region, a floating diffusion (FD) region, a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure, and vertical transfer gates (VTGs). The buried oxide layer has openings exposing the epitaxial substrate, and the epitaxial layer is formed on the epitaxial substrate and covers the buried oxide layer. The well region is in the epitaxial layer and the epitaxial substrate. The FD region is in the well region above the buried oxide layer, and a width of the buried oxide layer is larger than that of the FD region. The STI structure is in the epitaxial layer. The VTGs are in the epitaxial layer and through the openings of the buried oxide layer.
Owner:POWERCHIP SEMICON MFG CORP

Integrated circuit having latch with transistors of different gate widths

An integrated circuit includes a first inverter and a first transmission gate constructed with wide type-one transistors and wide type-two transistors. The integrated circuit also includes a first clocked inverter constructed with narrow type-one transistors and narrow type-two transistors. A latch is formed with the first inverter and the first clocked inverter. The first transmission gate is connected to between an output of the first inverter. The wide type-one transistors are formed in a wide type-one active-region structure and the narrow type-one transistors are formed in a narrow type-one active-region structure. The wide type-two transistors are formed in a wide type-two active-region structure and the narrow type-two transistors are formed in in a narrow type-two active-region structure.
Owner:TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO LTD

Switch circuit and programmable connection chip

A switching circuit includes a transmission gate, two base control sub-circuits each including a first transistor and a second transistor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor. The transmission gate includes two I / O terminals, two gate control terminals, and two base control terminals, and is configured to conduct or not conduct the two I / O terminals according to the voltage of the two gate control terminals. The two base voltage control sub-circuits, the third transistor and the fourth transistor forms a double balance circuit structure and is electrically connected to the transmission gate. The double balance circuit changes the voltage of the base control terminals according to the voltage of the I / O terminals of the transmission gate.
Owner:IND TECH RES INST

Photosensitive pixel element containing P-type thin film transistor transmission gate and image sensor

The invention discloses a photosensitive pixel element containing a P-type thin film transistor transmission gate and an image sensor. The photosensitive pixel element comprises a substrate; a charge accumulation electrode, a transmission control electrode, and a signal readout electrode; the dielectric layer covers the charge accumulation electrode, the transmission control electrode and the signal reading electrode and is provided with an opening part; the single-layer or double-layer P-type thin film semiconductor layer is positioned above the dielectric layer and is in ohmic contact with the signal reading electrode through the opening part; the photoelectric conversion layer is located above the P-type thin film semiconductor layer; and the top electrode is positioned above the photoelectric conversion layer and is arranged opposite to the charge accumulation electrode, the transmission control electrode and the signal reading electrode.
Owner:GUANGZHOU GUANGDA INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Structure and method to ground reference voltage generator

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a structure and method to ground a reference voltage generator based on a detected supply voltage. A circuit structure according to the disclosure includes a pass gate. The pass gate includes a pair of transistors each coupled to an input signal. One of the pair of transistors of the pass gate includes a gate coupled to a static reference voltage. An inverter couples an output from the pass gate to a device node. The inverter includes a drain terminal, a gate terminal, and a back-gate terminal coupled to ground.
Owner:GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC

Memory device and method for forming the same

ActiveUS12588181B2Bit lineTransmission gate
A memory device includes a first pull-down transistor, a first pass-gate transistor, a second pull-down transistor, a second pass-gate transistor, a first pull-up transistor, and a second pull-up transistor. A first power line, a first bit line, and a second bit line is provided, the first power line includes first and second portions separated from each other, wherein in a cross-sectional view, the second portion of the first power line is laterally between the first and second bit lines along a direction. A first via electrically connects the first portion of the first power line to the first pull-down transistor. A second via electrically connects the first bit line to the first pass-gate transistor. A third via electrically connects the second portion of the first power line to the second pull-down transistor. A fourth via electrically connects the second bit line to the second pass-gate transistor.
Owner:TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO LTD +1

Rich excitation response pair weak PUF circuit based on MOS tube leakage current

The invention discloses a rich excitation response pair weak PUF circuit based on MOS tube leakage current, which comprises a first decoder, a second decoder, a third decoder, a fourth decoder, a first PUF array, a second PUF array, two transmission gate arrays and a shared head, each PUF array comprises 2q column units, q is an integer greater than 1, each column unit comprises 2p NMOS units, p is an integer greater than 1, and n is an integer greater than 1. Each NMOS unit comprises an NMOS tube, and the first PUF array and the second PUF array are respectively decoded by the first decoder, the third decoder, the second decoder and the fourth decoder on excitation signals. A certain NMOS unit in a certain column unit in the first PUF array can be compared with any one NMOS unit in any one column unit in the second PUF array to generate a final output response; the method has the advantages that the PUF entropy source utilization rate is increased by 2p + q times under the condition of keeping less hardware overhead, and the number of CRPs is remarkably increased.
Owner:WENZHOU UNIV

Storage unit, storage array, memory, system on chip, and electronic device

PCT designated stage expiredWO2025091853A1Digital storageTransmission gateHemt circuits
Provided in the present application are a storage unit, a storage array, a memory, a system on chip, and an electronic device. By means of the present application, calculation is implemented while storing first data, and the utilization rate of the first data can be significantly increased. The storage unit may comprise a storage circuit, a transmission gate circuit, and a logic gate circuit. The storage circuit can be used for storing data, wherein a first control end and a second control end of the storage circuit are electrically connected to a first electrode line, a first input / output end of the storage circuit is electrically connected to a second electrode line, a second input / output end of the storage circuit is electrically connected to a third electrode line, and an output end of the storage circuit is electrically connected to an input end of the transmission gate circuit; a control end of the transmission gate circuit is electrically connected to a fourth electrode line, and an output end of the transmission gate circuit is electrically connected to a first input end of the logic gate circuit; and a second input end of the logic gate circuit is used for receiving second data, and an output end of the logic gate circuit is used as an output end of the storage unit.
Owner:HUAWEI TECH CO LTD

Memory circuit and method of operating same

A memory circuit includes a memory cell, a bit line, a bit line bar, a pass-gate transistor coupled to the memory cell and the bit line, a sense amplifier coupled to the bit line, the bit line bar and the pass-gate transistor, and a pre-charge circuit coupled to the first node, and configured to pre-charge the first node to a pre-charge voltage in response to a pre-charge control signal. The sense amplifier includes a first path between the bit line and the bit line bar. The first path includes a first isolation transistor configured to receive an isolation control signal, and being coupled between the bit line and a first node, and a first inverter configured to receive a sense amplifier enable signal, and being coupled between a second node and a third node.
Owner:TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO LTD

High-gain wide-output ring amplifier and pipelined SAR ADC

The invention provides a high-gain wide-output ring amplifier and a pipelined SAR ADC (Synthetic Aperture Radar Analog to Digital Converter). The high-gain wide-output ring amplifier comprises a ring amplification module, a level shifting capacitor, a transmission gate switch module and a cascode module, the annular amplification module is used for acquiring a residual signal output by the adjacent SAR ADC module and performing amplification processing on the residual signal to obtain a residual amplification signal; the level shift capacitor is used for performing wide-swing processing on the residual amplification signal under the control of the transmission gate switch module to form a wide-output residual amplification signal; the cascode module adopts a cascode amplification circuit to improve the voltage gain of the annular amplification module; and a high-gain wide-output ring amplifier is arranged between every two SAR ADC modules in the assembly line SAR ADC. Therefore, the gain and the response speed of the assembly line SAR ADC are improved, and the power consumption and the signal delay accumulation are reduced at the same time.
Owner:WUHU RES INST OF XIAN UNIV OF ELECTRONIC SCI & TECH +1

Data reading circuit and method of memory and memory

The invention discloses a data reading circuit and method of a memorizer and the memorizer, the circuit comprises a comparison output unit and a circuit control unit, the comparison output unit comprises a pseudo current tube and a latch pair tube, and the comparison output unit is used for obtaining a pre-charging signal and a data signal; the pre-charging signal is used for controlling the output node voltage of the latch pair transistor to be in a pre-charging state or a data reading state according to the pre-charging signal; the current control unit comprises a transmission gate, and is used for obtaining a control signal of the transmission gate, so as to control the voltage of an output node of the latch pair transistor to discharge through the pseudo current tube according to the control signal, a pre-charging signal and a data signal, or control the voltage of the output node of the latch pair transistor to be stabilized at a first voltage and a second voltage, data reading is facilitated; therefore, by introducing the transmission gate circuit, the voltages of the output nodes are rapidly discharged, and the voltages of the two output nodes are respectively stabilized at the first voltage and the second voltage through the latch pair transistors, so that the power consumption of the circuit is reduced.
Owner:XIAMEN IND TECH RES INST CO LTD

Image sensor device and operation method thereof

An image sensor device that includes a pixel and a column line connected the pixel. The pixel includes a reset transistor connected between a power supply voltage and a floating diffusion node of the pixel; a transmission gate transistor connected between the floating diffusion node and a zeroth node of the pixel; a photodiode connected between the zeroth node and a ground voltage; a filler transistor connected between a filler voltage and the floating diffusion node; a source follower transistor connected between the power supply voltage and a first node; and a selection transistor connected between the first node and the first column line. The filler transistor is turned-on during a first time period, and the reset transistor is turned-on during a second time period after the first time period.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Image sensor

Disclosed is an image sensor comprising a first semiconductor substrate that includes a first pixel region and a second pixel region, a first photoelectric conversion element on the first pixel region, a second photoelectric conversion element on the second pixel region, a first floating diffusion section on the first pixel region, a second floating diffusion section on the second pixel region, a first transfer gate electrode between the first photoelectric conversion element and the first floating diffusion section, a second transfer gate electrode between the second photoelectric conversion element and the second floating diffusion section, a second semiconductor substrate on the first semiconductor substrate, and pixel transistors connected to the first and second photoelectric conversion elements. A width of the second photoelectric conversion element is less than that of the first photoelectric conversion element. At least one of the pixel transistors is on the second semiconductor substrate.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Analog switch structure with low on-resistance flatness

The application discloses a kind of low conduction resistance flatness analog switch structure of circuit design technical field, including CMOS transmission gate circuit and gate voltage adjusting circuit, CMOS transmission gate circuit includes transmission gate and auxiliary circuit, transmission gate and auxiliary circuit are electrically connected, CMOS transmission gate circuit is used for the signal transmission of main path;Gate voltage adjusting circuit is connected between the gate of PMOS pipe of CMOS transmission gate circuit and the gate of NMOS pipe.The whole input voltage range is handled by gate voltage adjusting circuit in the application, according to input voltage variation, output different slope gate control voltage, to reduce the conduction resistance variation of CMOS transmission gate, to reduce the purpose of conduction resistance flatness.
Owner:SUZHOU KAIWEITE SEMICON