Cypress Semiconductor Corporation

Intel Corporation

Alok Nandini Roy

Zubin Patel

Andy Louie Lee

Nian Niles Yang

Jeffrey T Watt

Hidehiko Shiraiwa

Yue-Song He

Richard G Smolen

Christopher J Pass

Gulzar Ahmed Kathawala

Fan Wan Lai

Rusli Kurniawan

Anwen Liu

Integrated circuits with an array of programmable resistive switch elements are provided. A programmable resistive switch element may include two non-volatile resistive memory elements connected in series and two varistors. A first of the two varistors is used to program a top resistive memory element in the resistive switch element, whereas a second of the two varistors is used to program a bottom resistive memory element in the resistive switch element. Row and column drivers implemented using only thin gate oxide transistors are used to program a selected resistive switch in the array without violating a maximum voltage level that satisfies predetermined defects per million (DPM) reliability criteria.

Methods and circuitry for programming non-volatile resistive switches using varistors

A shallow bipolar junction transistor comprising a high voltage n+ well implanted into a semiconductor substrate. The shallow bipolar junction transistor further comprises a bit line n+ implant (BNI) above the high voltage n+ well and an oxide nitride (ONO) layer above the high voltage n+ well. A portion of the ONO layer isolates the BNI from a shallow trench isolation (STI) region.

Shallow bipolar junction transistor

A system and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including multi-layer bitlines. The location of the bitlines in multiple layers provides for increased spacing and increased width thereby overcoming the limitations of the pitch dictated by the semiconductor fabrication process used. The bitlines locations in multiple layers thus allows the customization of the spacing and width according to the use of a semiconductor device.

System and method for multi-layer global bitlines

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Alok Nandini Roy