MEMORY WITH ONE-TIME PROGRAMMABLE (OTP) CELLS

A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) array includes MRAM cells, each MRAM cell having a corresponding Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) capable of being in a blown state or non-blown state, in which the blown state corresponds to a permanent breakdown of a tunnel dielectric layer of the corre...

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Main Authors Roy, Anirban, Mahatme, Nihaar N, Choy, Jon Scott
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.09.2024
Subjects
ELECTRICITY
INFORMATION STORAGE
PHYSICS
STATIC STORES
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Summary:A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) array includes MRAM cells, each MRAM cell having a corresponding Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) capable of being in a blown state or non-blown state, in which the blown state corresponds to a permanent breakdown of a tunnel dielectric layer of the corresponding MTJ. Write circuitry performs a one-time-programmable (OTP) write operation to blow selected MRAM cells. For each MRAM cell being blown, the write circuitry uses an initial OTP program reference for the MRAM cell being blown to detect onset of tunnel dielectric breakdown after application of each OTP write pulse of the OTP write operation. After detection of the onset, the write circuitry updates the initial OTP program reference, applies at least one additional OTP write pulse to the MRAM cell being blown, and uses the updated OTP program reference to verify that current saturation of the MRAM cell being blown has occurred.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202318188804