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US 2024/0223197 A1Published application
Method for Compensating Electrical Device Variabilities in Configurable-Output Circuit and Device
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorPierguido Garofalo
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Abstract
A method has been disclosed that relates to electrical variability compensation technique for configurable-output circuits. The compensation technique can be applied to a generality of circuits whose output has to vary between two electrical limits spanning the range in between them according to a specific code given as input. A switching sequence that is process gradient-direction agnostic has been disclosed which limits variability. An electric device comprising a processing gradient-direction agnostic configurable-output circuit has been also disclosed.
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A device, comprising:
- a plurality of circuit elements configured in a rectangular area of a substrate;
- and
- a set of switches configured to selectively connect the circuit elements to an output node;
- wherein the device is configured to operate the set of switches to connect subsets of the circuit elements to the output node in a pattern that reduces deviation from a linear output in the output node for more than one scenario of directional variability in manufacture of the circuit elements.
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A device, comprising:
- a plurality of circuit elements configured in a rectangular area of a substrate;
- and
- a set of switches configured to selectively connect the circuit elements to an output node;
- wherein the device is configured to operate the set of switches to connect subsets of the circuit elements to the output node in a pattern that reduces deviation between:
- a first output in the output node when the circuit elements have no variability in manufacture;
- and
- a second output in the output node when the circuit elements have directional variability in manufacture in any of a plurality of directions.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a plurality of circuit elements in a rectangular area of a substrate;
- providing, on the substrate, a set of switches to selectively connect the circuit elements to an output node;
- operating the set of switches to connect subsets of the circuit elements to the output node in a pattern that reduces deviation between:
- a first output in the output node when the circuit elements have no variability in manufacture;
- and
- a second output in the output node when the circuit elements have directional variability in manufacture in any of a plurality of directions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.