Georgia Tech inventors have created an indirect programming method that does not require a disconnection of the transistor from the rest of the circuit during programming. In this indirect programming method, two transistors share a floating gate allowing one to exist directly in a circuit while the other is reserved for programming. Since the transistor does not need to be disconnected from the circuit to program it, the switch count is reduced, resulting in fewer parasitic and better overall performance.
- Reduced switch count
- Fewer parasitics
- Better overall performance
- Efficient
- Floating-gate programming
- Analog programming
- Indirect programming
- Floating-gate nFET
- Hot-electron injection
- Electron tunneling
Floating-gate transistors are useful for precisely programming a large array of current sources. Present floating-gate programming techniques require disconnection of the transistor from the rest of its circuit while it is being programmed. This creates inefficiencies in the process and elongates the process simultaneously.
