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20110032217 | OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS - The invention provides an optical touch apparatus. The optical touch apparatus includes at least one optical path unit and at least one light sensing unit. The at least one optical path unit is located on a first side of a display unit of the optical touch apparatus and used to receive at least one directional incident light, the at least one directional incident light is focused to form an image in an imaging region through at least one refraction in the at least one optical path unit. The at least one light sensing unit is located at a relative position of the at least one optical path unit, and used to generate a sensing result according to the image in the imaging region. | 02-10-2011 |
20110063254 | OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An optical touch apparatus including an input interface, at least one sensing module, and a processing module is disclosed. The input interface includes at least one functional input key, and the position of the at least one functional input key disposed on the input interface corresponds to that of the at least one sensing module disposed on the surrounding of the input interface. The at least one sensing module generates a sensing result according to the condition that the at least one sensing module receives sensing lights. The processing module determines touch point position formed on the input interface according to the sensing result. | 03-17-2011 |
20120026461 | FUNDUS OPTICAL IMAGE DEVICE - A fundus optical image device includes a light source, a first optical element set and a second optical element set. The light emitted from the light source reaches the fundus through the first optical element set. The second optical element set has at least one curvature-adjustable lens. The light emitted from the light source is reflected by the fundus and then passes through the curvature-adjustable lens to present an image of the fundus. | 02-02-2012 |
20120026465 | FUNDUS OPTICAL IMAGE DEVICE - A fundus optical image device includes a light source, a first optical element set and a second optical element set. The first optical element set includes a first diaphragm. The light emitted from the light source passes through the first diaphragm and reaches a fundus through the first optical element set. The second optical element set includes a second diaphragm. The light is reflected by the fundus and then passes through the second diaphragm to present an image of the fundus. At least one of the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm is a microarray diaphragm. | 02-02-2012 |
20120028365 | PORTABLE BIOCHEMICAL TESTING APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A portable biochemical testing apparatus and operating method thereof are disclosed. The portable biochemical testing apparatus includes a light source module, a sample module, a photoconductive material layer, a touch module, and a control module. At least one sample is disposed in the sample module. The photoconductive material layer is disposed between the sample module and the light source module. The touch module generates a driving signal according to a touch action of the user to drive the light source module to emit a light. When the light is emitted to the photoconductive material layer, the photoconductive material layer will generate a photoelectric driving effect. The at least one sample is affected by the photoelectric driving effect and generates a change corresponding to the touch action. | 02-02-2012 |
20120033211 | LARGE AREA OPTICAL DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A large area optical diagnosis apparatus and the operating method thereof are disclosed. The large area optical diagnosis apparatus includes a light source, a light path structure, and a sensing module. The light source is used to at least emit a coherent light. The light path structure includes a plurality of optical units used for dividing the coherent light into a plurality of first incident lights and a plurality of second incident lights. The plurality of first incident lights are emitted toward an object to be diagnosed and the plurality of second incident lights are emitted toward a reference end. The object to be diagnosed and the reference end reflect the plurality of first incident lights and the plurality of second incident lights to be a plurality of reflected lights. The sensing module senses the plurality of reflected lights to generate a sensing result related to the object to be diagnosed. | 02-09-2012 |
20120043209 | MICROFLUIDIC CONTROL APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A microfluidic control apparatus and operating method thereof. The microfluidic control apparatus includes a photoconductive material layer and a flow passage. When a light with a specific optical pattern is emitted toward the photoconductive material layer, at least three virtual electrodes are formed on the photoconductive material layer according to the specific optical pattern. The at least three virtual electrodes include a first virtual electrode, a second virtual electrode and a third virtual electrode disposed beside the first virtual electrode. There is a specific proportion among a distance between first virtual electrode and third virtual electrode, a width of first virtual electrode, a distance between first virtual electrode and second virtual electrode, and a width of second virtual electrode. When the specific optical pattern changes, the at least three virtual electrodes also change to generate an electro-osmotic force to control the moving state of a microfluid in a flow passage. | 02-23-2012 |
20120120406 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An optical apparatus is disclosed. The optical apparatus includes an optical scanning module and a rotation axis module. The optical scanning module is used to provide an optical signal for optical tomography. The rotation axis module and the optical scanning module are integrated. When the rotation axis module rotates, the rotation axis module makes the optical scanning module to perform a rotation scanning process to an object. | 05-17-2012 |
20120239017 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An optical apparatus is disclosed. The optical apparatus includes an optical emitting module, a sensing module, and a processing module. The optical emitting module is used to emit a laser toward a specific region of skin surface. The sensing module is used to sense tissue distribution information under the specific region of skin surface. The processing module is used to adjust at least one laser parameter used during the optical emitting module emits the laser toward the specific region of skin surface according to the tissue distribution information. | 09-20-2012 |
20130222807 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An optical apparatus includes a light source, an optical coupling module, a reference light reflection module, and a data processing module. The light source provides an incident light. The optical coupling module divides the incident light into a reference light and a detection light emitting to the reference light reflection module and the object respectively. The reference light reflection module reflects the reference light and rapidly change the optical path of the reference light. The optical coupling module receives a first reflected light generated by the reference light reflection module reflecting the reference light and a second reflected light generated by the object reflecting the detection light and it interferes the first reflected light and second reflected light to generate a light interference signal. The data processing module receives and analyzes the light interference signal to obtain an optical detection result related to the object. | 08-29-2013 |
20130296681 | OPTICAL INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE MEASURING APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An optical intraocular pressure measuring apparatus includes a light source, an optical module, a pressure providing module, a deformation measuring module, and a processing module. The light source provides an incident light. The optical module divides the incident light into a first incident light and a second incident light and emits them to a reference object and an object to be detected through a first light path and a second light path, and receives a first reflected light signal from reference object and a second reflected light signal from the object to be detected respectively. The pressure providing module coupled with second light path provides a pressure to deform the object to be detected. The deformation measuring module measures the deformation of the object to be detected. The processing module processes the first reflected light signal and second reflected light signal to generate an intraocular pressure measurement result. | 11-07-2013 |
20140114145 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - The optical apparatus includes an optical measurement module, a central processing module, and an air-puff module. The air-puff module is used for generating an air pressure to a surface of the cornea according a blow pattern to cause a deformation of the cornea. The optical measurement module includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit is used for measuring an intraocular pressure (IOP) of the eye according to the deformation of the cornea. The second unit is used for measuring properties of the cornea in an optical interference way. The central processing module is coupled to the first unit and the second unit and used for receiving and processing the intraocular pressure and the properties of the cornea to provide a result. | 04-24-2014 |
20150077709 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An optical apparatus applied to ophthalmology detection is disclosed. The optical apparatus includes a first light source module, a second light source module, and an interference module. The first light source module is formed by a laser light source and lens units and used to emit a first light signal. The second light source module is formed by fiber units and lens units. The second light source module is coupled to the first light source module in series. The second light source module is used to receive a first light signal and emit a second light signal. The interference module is coupled to the second light source module and used to receive the second light signal and provide a first incident light and a second incident light to an object to be detected and a reference mirror respectively. | 03-19-2015 |
20150078705 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE OF OPTICAL APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A light source module of an optical apparatus is disclosed. The light source module includes a laser pump unit, a lens unit, and a fiber unit. The laser pump unit generates a laser source. The lens unit converts the laser source into a condensed beam. The fiber unit receives the condensed beam and emits an optical signal. The light source module can achieve effects of low cost, large bandwidth, high resolution, and high stability with well-designed pump power of the laser pump unit, and length, doping material, and core size of the fiber unit. | 03-19-2015 |
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20110041109 | MEMORY BUILDING BLOCKS AND MEMORY DESIGN USING AUTOMATIC DESIGN TOOLS - The memory building blocks can be used in conjunction with ASIC automatic design tools to generate a memory macro (e.g., a memory array) using a known ASIC design flow including, for example, register transfer level (RTL), synthesis, automatic place and route (APR) and timing analysis. | 02-17-2011 |
20120033517 | ADAPTIVE WRITE BIT LINE AND WORD LINE ADJUSTING MECHANISM FOR MEMORY - A memory includes a capacitor coupled to a write bit line or a word line. An initializer is configured to initialize a voltage level at a first node between the capacitor and the write bit line or a word line. An initial level adjuster is configured to adjust a voltage level of a second node at one terminal of the capacitor. A pulse generator configured to supply a pulse to the initial level adjuster to control the initial level adjuster. A boost signal is configured to be supplied to a third node on the other terminal of the capacitor opposite the first node to boost a voltage level of the write bit line lower than ground or to boost a voltage level of the word line higher than a power supply voltage. | 02-09-2012 |
20120213013 | MEMORY BUILDING BLOCKS AND MEMORY DESIGN USING AUTOMATIC DESIGN TOOLS - The memory building blocks can be used in conjunction with ASIC automatic design tools to generate a memory macro (e.g., a memory array) using a known ASIC design flow including, for example, register transfer level (RTL), synthesis, automatic place and route (APR) and timing analysis. | 08-23-2012 |
20120242388 | LATCH CIRCUITRY AND METHODS OF OPERATING LATCH CIRCUITRY - A latch circuit includes an output driver electrically coupled with a circuit. The circuit is electrically coupled with the output driver through a first path and a second path. The circuit is configured to receive a data signal. The circuit is configured to divert a signal of the output driver through the first path at a falling edge of the data signal. The circuit is configured to divert the signal of the output driver through the second path at a rising edge of the data signal. | 09-27-2012 |
20130070550 | ADAPTIVE WRITE BIT LINE AND WORD LINE ADJUSTING MECHANISM FOR MEMORY - A memory including a capacitor coupled to a write bit line or a word line and an initializer configured to initialize a voltage level at a first node between the capacitor and the write bit line or the word line. The memory further includes a controllable initial level adjuster configured to adjust a voltage level of a second node at one terminal of the capacitor in response to a pulse. The capacitor is configured to receive a boost signal at a third node at a terminal opposite the first node. The boost signal configured to change a voltage level of the write bit line or the word line in response to the boost signal. | 03-21-2013 |
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20090167328 | FLUID MEASURING APPARATUS - The invention provides a fluid measuring apparatus, which includes a collector, a sensing circuit, and an electrochromic device electrically connected to the sensing circuit. When the concentration of a fluid flowing through the collector and between the sensing circuit varies, the color of the electrochromic device changes accordingly. Further, the electrochromic device includes an electrochromic material, and the sensing circuit includes a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first and the second electrodes are disposed in the collector and the electrochromic material is disposed on the first electrode. When the concentration of an electrolytic solution flowing between the first electrode and the second electrode varies, the color of the electrochromic material changes accordingly. | 07-02-2009 |
20090242281 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - The invention discloses a touch sensing device, which includes a containing space, a first substrate layer, a second substrate layer, a driver, and a sensor. The first substrate layer and the second substrate layer define the containing space for containing a fluid. The driver can provide charges to a first conducting layer of the first substrate layer, a second conducting layer of the second substrate layer, and the fluid. The sensor can sense the electric characteristics of the fluid. When a point unit approaches the touch sensing device and influences the charges, the appearance of the fluid could be changed and then the electric characteristics could also be changed. | 10-01-2009 |
20100259507 | OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An optical touch apparatus and operating method thereof are disclosed. The optical touch apparatus comprises an optical module, a light sensing module, and a processing module. The optical module and the light sensing module are set at a first side and an opposite second side of a surface of the optical touch apparatus respectively. The optical module receives a light source and uniformly emits a plurality of lights. When at least one of the plurality of lights is blocked by an object above the surface, the light sensing module generates a sensing result based on the condition of receiving the plurality of lights. The processing module determines a touch point location corresponding to the object on the surface based on the sensing result. | 10-14-2010 |
20100271307 | OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An optical touch system is disclosed. The optical touch system includes an optical touch apparatus, a control apparatus, and a rotating apparatus. When the control apparatus receives a mode switching signal, the control apparatus selects a corresponding specific using mode from a plurality of default using modes according to the mode switching signal. And, the specific using mode corresponds to a specific rotating angle. The rotating apparatus rotates the optical touch apparatus with the specific rotating angle to make the optical touch apparatus is rotated from a first location to a second location, so that a user can perform an input action via the optical touch apparatus according to the specific using mode. | 10-28-2010 |
20100321343 | OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An optical touch apparatus is disclosed. The optical touch apparatus comprises a light source emitting module, an optical module, a light sensing module, and a processing module. The optical module and the light sensing module are set around a surface of the optical touch apparatus. The light source emitting module sequentially emits scanning lights uniformly distributed above a direct scanned region of the surface according to a time sequence. When an object forms a touch point on the surface, the object will block the scanning lights and reflected lights reflected by the optical module. The light sensing module generates a sensing result according to the condition the light sensing module receives the scanning lights and the reflected lights. The processing module determines the position of the touch point according to the time sequence and the sensing result. | 12-23-2010 |
20110203354 | Continuous Testing Method - A continuous testing method for testing the concentration of a target object in a fluid is provided. The method comprises the following steps. A focused light is provided in the fluid to separate the target object from a non-target object in the fluid by changing the movement direction of the target object and the non-target object. The fluid having separated out the non-target object is enabled to react with a reagent. A signal is provided to pass through the fluid having reacted with the reagent. The signal passing through the fluid is received and an electronic signal is outputted corresponding to the input signal. The concentration of the target object is acquired according to the electronic signal. | 08-25-2011 |
20110216040 | OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An optical touch apparatus includes a light source emitting module, an optical module, a light sensing module, and a processing module. The optical module and the light sensing module are set on a first side and a second side of a surface of the optical touch apparatus. The light source emitting module sequentially emits a first light source and a second light source. A plurality of scanning lights of the second light source is uniformly distributed above the surface. The optical module receives the first light source and uniformly emits a plurality of lights. The light sensing module generates a first sensing result and a second sensing result based on the conditions of receiving the lights and scanning lights respectively. The processing module determines at least one touch point location corresponding to at least one object on the surface based on the first sensing result and the second sensing result. | 09-08-2011 |
20110306835 | ENDOSCOPY APPARATUS HAVING HIGH DEGREE OF MOTION FREEDOM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An endoscopy apparatus having high degree of motion freedom and the operating method thereof are disclosed. The endoscopy apparatus having high degree of motion freedom includes a multi-stage endoscopy module and a control module. The multi-stage endoscopy module includes at least a first endoscopy unit and a second endoscopy unit. The first endoscopy unit and the second endoscopy unit can provide a first bending and a second bending respectively. The second bending is larger than the first bending. When the multi-stage endoscopy module moves to a region near a target observing position, the control module will control the second endoscopy unit to generate slight deformation to observe a real-time state of the target observing position. | 12-15-2011 |
20120231531 | BIOCHEMICAL DETECTION UNIT AND BIOCHEMICAL DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A biochemical detection unit for detecting a sample and a biochemical device having the biochemical detection unit and a releasing unit are provided. The biochemical detection unit includes a photoconductor plate, a receptor, and a resistance sensing component. The receptor specifically binds to the sample so that the illumination projected on the photoconductor plate will change to vary the resistance value of the photoconductor of the photoconductor plate. | 09-13-2012 |
20140018627 | ENDOSCOPY APPARATUS HAVING HIGH DEGREE OF MOTION FREEDOM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An endoscopy apparatus having high degree of motion freedom and the operating method thereof are disclosed. The endoscopy apparatus having high degree of motion freedom includes a multi-stage endoscopy module and a control module. The multi-stage endoscopy module includes at least a first endoscopy unit and a second endoscopy unit. The first endoscopy unit and the second endoscopy unit can provide a first bending and a second bending respectively. The second bending is larger than the first bending. When the multi-stage endoscopy module moves to a region near a target observing position, the control module will control the second endoscopy unit to generate slight deformation to observe a real-time state of the target observing position. | 01-16-2014 |
20140034499 | MICROFLUIDIC CONTROL APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A microfluidic control apparatus operating method is disclosed. The microfluidic control apparatus operating method is applied in a microfluidic control apparatus, and the microfluidic control apparatus includes a photoconductive material layer and a flow passage. The microfluidic control apparatus operating method includes steps of (a) when a light with a specific optical pattern is emitted toward the photoconductive material layer, at least three virtual electrodes being formed on the photoconductive material layer according to the specific optical pattern; (b) when the specific optical pattern changes, the at least three virtual electrodes also changing to generate an electro-osmotic force to control a moving state of a microfluid in the flow passage. | 02-06-2014 |
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20080225616 | METHOD FOR INCREASING RETENTION TIME IN DRAM - The disclosure generally relates to a method and apparatus for decreasing the frequency of refreshing a memory cell in communication with a word line and a bit line. A method according to one embodiment includes: providing a DRAM circuit having a memory cell, a sense amplifier including a pre-charge circuit connected to a first voltage source and a back-to-back inverter including a first NMOS transistor having a source, a second NMOS transistor having a source, a first PMOS transistor having a source and a second PMOS transistor having a source; maintaining the voltage of the sources of the first and second PMOS transistors at a first voltage during normal operation; and raising the voltage of the sources of the first and second PMOS transistors from the first voltage to a second voltage during a refresh operation. | 09-18-2008 |
20080225617 | METHOD FOR HIGH SPEED SENSING FOR EXTRA LOW VOLTAGE DRAM - A method and apparatus are provided for sensing in low voltage DRAM memory cells. A method according to one embodiment includes: providing a DRAM circuit having a memory cell, a sense amplifier including a pre-charge circuit connected to a first voltage source and a back-to-back inverter including a first and second NMOS transistor, each having a source and a first and second PMOS transistor, each having a source. The method further includes the steps of maintaining the voltage of the sources of the first and second NMOS transistors at a first voltage during normal operation and lowering the voltage of the sources of the first and second NMOS transistors from the first voltage to a second voltage during a read operation. | 09-18-2008 |
20100141330 | POWER-DOWN CIRCUIT WITH SELF-BIASED COMPENSATION CIRCUIT - A circuit includes a first power supply node at a first power supply voltage; a gated-node; and a first control device coupled between the first power supply node and the gated-node. The first control device is configured to pass the first power supply voltage to the gated-node or to disconnect the gated-node from the first power supply voltage. A second control device is coupled between the first power supply node and the gated-node. The second control device is configured to pass a gated-voltage to the gated-node or disconnect the gated-node from the gated-voltage. A voltage-drop device is coupled between the first power supply node and the gated-node, wherein the voltage-drop device is serially connected with the second control device. A negative-feedback current source is connected in parallel with the voltage-drop device. The negative-feedback current source is configured to provide a current tracking a variation of the gated-voltage at the gated-node. | 06-10-2010 |
20100260002 | Circuit and Method for Small Swing Memory Signals - Circuits and methods for transmitting and receiving small swing differential voltage data to and from a memory are described. A plurality of memory cells is formed in arrays within a plurality of memory banks. Each memory bank is coupled to a pair of small swing differential voltage global bit lines that extend across the memory. A small signal write driver circuit is coupled to the global bit lines and configured to output a small signal differential voltage on the global bit lines during write cycles. A global sense amplifier is coupled to the global bit line pairs and configured to output a full swing voltage on a data line during a read cycle. Methods for providing small swing global bit line signals to memory cells are disclosed. The use of small swing differential voltage signals across the memory reduces power consumption and shortens memory cycle time. | 10-14-2010 |
20120023388 | Parity Look-Ahead Scheme for Tag Cache Memory - A device includes a tag cache memory array; a pre-parity unit configured to receive an address, and calculate and output a pre-parity bit calculated from all bits of the address. A comparator is configured to compare a tag read from the tag cache memory array with the address, and output a read-hit bit. The read-hit bit is true when the tag and the address are identical, and is false when the tag and the address are not identical. The device further includes a simplified parity-check unit configured to receive and perform operations on the pre-parity bit, the read-hit bit, and a parity bit from the tag cache memory array, and to output a read-parity bit. | 01-26-2012 |
20120098582 | Flip-Flop Circuit Design - A flip-flop circuit includes a precharge circuit that outputs a charge signal high when a received clock signal is LOW. A delay clock input circuit generates a delayed clock input controlled signal with the same value as an input signal when the clock signal is HIGH. A charge keeper circuit, upon receiving the charge signal and the delayed clock input controlled signal, generates a charge keeping signal, which equals the charged signal when the clock signal is LOW and equals the delayed clock input controlled signal when the clock signal is HIGH. A separator circuit can receive the charge keeping signal and clock signal and generate an inverted charge keeping signal. A storage circuit is configured to receive the inverted charge keeping signal, a present state signal, and inverted present state signal, and to generate a present state signal and an inverted present state signal. | 04-26-2012 |
20120188838 | MEMORY WITH WORD-LINE SEGMENT ACCESS - A memory comprises a row of bit cells, including a first plurality of bit cells and a second plurality of bit cells. A first word line segment driver is connected to the first plurality of bits cells. A second word line segment driver is connected to the second plurality of bits cells. The first and second word line segment drivers are selectively operable for activating one of the first and second pluralities of bit cells at a time to the exclusion of the other plurality of bit cells. A shared sense amplifier is coupled to at least one of the first plurality of bit cells and at least one of the second plurality of bit cells. The shared sense amplifier is configured to receive signals from whichever of the one first or second bit cell is activated by its respective word line segment driver at a given time. | 07-26-2012 |
20120287736 | SRAM Write Assist Apparatus - An SRAM write assist apparatus comprises a timer unit and a voltage divider. The voltage divider unit is configured to divide a voltage potential down to a lower level. The output of the voltage divider is connected to a memory cell in a write operation. The timer unit is configured to generate a pulse having a width inversely proportional to the voltage potential applied to a memory chip. Furthermore, the timer unit controls the period in which a lower voltage from the output of the voltage divider is applied to the memory cell. Moreover, external level and timing programmable signals can be used to further adjust the voltage divider's ratio and the pulse width from the timer unit. By employing the SRAM write assist apparatus, a memory chip can perform a reliable and fast write operation. | 11-15-2012 |
20120299622 | Internal Clock Gating Apparatus - An internal clock gating apparatus comprises a static logic block and a domino logic block. The static logic block is configured to receive a clock signal and a clock enable signal. The domino logic block is configured to receive the clock signal and a control signal from an output of the static logic block. The static logic block and the domino logic block are further configured such that an output of the domino logic block generates a signal similar to the clock signal in phase when the clock enable signal has a logic high state. On the other hand, the output of the domino logic block generates a logic low signal when the clock enable signal has a logic low state. Furthermore, the static logic block and the domino logic block can reduce the setup time and delay time of the internal clock gating apparatus respectively. | 11-29-2012 |
20120307574 | SRAM READ and WRITE Assist Apparatus - A SRAM READ and WRITE assist apparatus comprises a bit line voltage tracking block, a READ assist timer, a READ assist unit, a WRITE assist unit a WRITE control unit. The bit line voltage tracking block detects a voltage on a tracking bit line coupled to a plurality of tracking memory cells. In response to the voltage drop on the tracking bit line, the READ assist timer generates a READ assist pulse. When the READ assist pulse has a logic high state, an activated word line is pulled down to a lower voltage. Such a lower voltage helps to improve the robustness of SRAM memory circuits so as to avoid READ and WRITE failures. | 12-06-2012 |
20130100730 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WORD LINE SUPPRESSION - A memory access operation on a bit cell of a digital memory, e.g., a static random access memory (SRAM), is assisted by reducing the word line control voltage for reading and boosting it for writing, thus improving data integrity. The bit cell has cross coupled inverters for storing and retrieving a logic state via bit line connections through a passing gate transistor controlled by the word line. A level of a word line signal controlling the passing gate transistor is shifted from a first voltage value to a higher second voltage value to begin a memory access cycle. The level of the word line signal is shifted from the second voltage value to a third voltage value less than the second voltage value during the access cycle. The word line signal is maintained at the third voltage value for a time interval during the access cycle. | 04-25-2013 |
20130258747 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR READ ASSIST TO COMPENSATE FOR WEAK BIT - A memory assist apparatus includes a detection circuit and a compensation circuit. The detection circuit is configured to provide a detection signal indicating whether a bit line configured to provide read access to a data bit stored at a memory bit cell has a voltage below a predetermined threshold. The compensation circuit is configured to pull down the voltage of the bit line if the detection signal indicates that the voltage of the bit line is below the predetermined threshold. | 10-03-2013 |
20140219002 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE TIMING WRITE CONTROL IN A MEMORY - A bit line, which is coupled to a resistive element of a memory cell is set to a first voltage level. The memory cell may be an MRAM cell or an RRAM cell. The resistive element is configured to have a first resistance in a first state of the memory cell and a second resistance in a second state of the memory cell. A source line, which is selectively coupled to the memory cell by an access transistor, is set to a second voltage level. A word line signal is asserted to apply a first bias voltage across the resistive element. The applied first bias voltage initiates a write operation at the memory cell. The word line signal is deasserted after a variable time duration based on a detection, during the write operation, of a current through the resistive element. | 08-07-2014 |
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20150059362 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR 3D IC - A system and method of cooling a three dimensional integrated circuit (3D IC) using at least one thermoelectric cooler which is connected to the 3D IC by a plurality of conductive pillars. In some embodiments a controller controls power supply to the thermoelectric cooler, and a temperature monitor provides a temperature input to the controller. In some embodiments the controller maintains a temperature of a 3D IC within a predetermined range by cycling power to the thermoelectric cooler. | 03-05-2015 |
20150069316 | RESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure which includes a conductive layer and a resistance configurable structure over the conductive layer. The resistance configurable structure includes a first electrode, a resistance configurable layer over the first electrode, and a second electrode over the resistance configurable layer. The first electrode has a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a bottom surface on the conductive layer. A joint between the first sidewall and the second sidewall includes an electric field enhancement structure. The present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing the above semiconductor structure, including patterning a hard mask on a conductive layer; forming a spacer around the hard mask; removing at least a portion of the hard mask; forming a conforming resistance configurable layer on the spacer; and forming a second conductive layer on the conforming resistance configurable layer. | 03-12-2015 |