Argument for Anti-Fuse Non-Volatile Memory in 28-nm High-K Metal Gate

Publication: EE Times Memory Designline
Contributor: Kilopass Technology, Inc.

October 15, 2011 -- With 28-nm high-K metal Gate (HKMG) semiconductor production ramping in 2012, system-on-chip (SOC) designers are presented with the silicon real estate and economic incentive to integrate more functionality on-chip. One function that continues to be challenging for on-chip integration is non-volatile memory (NVM) despite its many advantages. At smaller process geometries, especially 28-nm HKMG, the challenges to integrating NVM such as flash, pseudo flash, and e-fuse are effectively addressed with an anti-fuse solution.

By Andre Hassan. (Hassan is Field Marketing and Applications Director at Kilopass Technology, Inc.)

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