Digital Potentiometer Using Third Dimensional Memory

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20120217466A1
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13455002

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A digital potentiometer using third dimensional memory includes a switch configured to electrically couple one or more resistive elements with a first pin and a second pin, and a non-volatile register configured to control the switch. In one example, the non-volatile register can include a BEOL non-volatile memory element, such as a third dimensional memory element. The non-volatile register can include a FEOL active circuitry portion that is electrically coupled with the BEOL non-volatile memory element to implement the non-volatile register. The resistive elements can be BEOL resistive elements that can be fabricated on the same plane or a different plane than the BEOL non-volatile memory elements. The BEOL non-volatile memory elements and the BEOL resistive elements can retain stored data in the absence of power and the stored data can be non-destructively determined by application of a read voltage.

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UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION1050 ENTERPRISE WAY #700 C/O RAMBUS INC SUNNYVALE CA 94089

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NORMAN, ROBERT PENDLETON, US 134 2485

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