Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-volatile latch
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Application No.: US15134046Application Date: 2016-04-20
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Publication No.: US09722584B1Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Meng-Fan Chang , Albert Lee , Chieh-Pu Lo , Chien-Chen Lin
- Applicant: National Tsing Hua University
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
- Current Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: J.C. Patents
- Main IPC: G11C7/10
- IPC: G11C7/10 ; H03K3/356 ; H03K3/037 ; G11C13/00

Abstract:
Provided is a non-volatile latch, which includes a latch circuit, a first switch circuit, a non-volatile memory device, a second switch circuit and a third switch circuit. A first terminal of the first switch circuit is coupled to a first output terminal of the latch circuit. The first switch circuit is turned off in a normal operation period. A first terminal of the non-volatile memory device is coupled to a second terminal of the first switch circuit. A second terminal of the non-volatile memory device is coupled to a programming voltage via the second switch circuit. In a store period, according to latched data of the latch circuit and a state transformation condition of the non-volatile memory device, the third switch circuit can dynamically determine whether to couple the first terminal of the non-volatile memory device to a reference voltage.
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