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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Several Asian football federations scrambled on Saturday to justify tens of thousands of dollars that their top officials received from the regions governing body during the tenure of its suspended President Mohamed bin Hammam.
The payments to officials in countries such as the Philippines, Nepal, Bangladesh and East Timor were among hundreds of thousands of dollars that bin Hammam gave supporters and friends, according to an audit obtained by The Associated Press.
The audit, ordered last year to examine the AFC's fiscal accounts and carried out by accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers, also found that bin Hammam enriched himself during a presidency of the Asian Football Confederation that started in 2002. He also signed several no-bid contracts with companies with whom he had personal relationships.
Federation officials contacted by the AP either said they had no information on the payments or insisted they did not constitute any wrongdoing by the officials.
Abu Nayeem Shohag, Acting General Secretary of the Bangladesh Football Federation, acknowledged that its former Communication Manager Ahmed Sayed Al Fatah received $25,000 from the AFC to help cover the cost of a FIFA master's program and that former General Secretary Al Musabbir Sadi received $20,000 for cancer treatment. But he said the payments were justified.
Shohag said Sadi had asked for help from a number of sources to pay his medical bills including the AFC. He received the money last year and died soon after. "There was no issue of corruption involving the payments," he said.
The audit showed that a former Filipino football official, Jose Mari Martinez, received $60,000, plus $11,226 in hospital expenses and $6,000 in travel and accommodation expenses for him and his wife in 2009 and 2010.
Philippines Football Federation President Mariano "Nonong" Araneta said he was unaware of the payments to Martinez but said it was for bin Hammam to answer.
"If Mr. Hammam ever gave money to Mr. Martinez, it should be Mr. Hammam who should explain ... and the PFF has nothing to do with that," Araneta told the AP. "If Mr. Martinez received funds for his personal use, we cannot go after him because it was just between the two of them. Now, if money went to the PFF and was taken out for certain individuals, we will go after them."
As for the hospital payments, Areneta said it was possible that Martinez received help from bin Hammam but that the federation "cannot prevent somebody from helping somebody, especially in those times like that — when he is in the hospital."
Martinez was forced to step down as the federation president in 2010 for "unauthorized disbursement of PFF funds, falsification of public documents and failure to return missing funds before a set deadline."
Gaurav Thapa, whose works at the AFC's headquarters and whose father Ganesh heads the Nepalese federation, received $100,000 in 2009, according to the audit.
Nepal football officials refused to comment on Saturday.
"We're not in a position to comment because we don't know anything about this. Our president is currently in Malaysia and it will be appropriate that he clarifies things once he is back on Sunday," said an official, who did not want to be named since he is not authorized to speak to the media.
The East Timor federation could not be reached for comment.
Bin Hammam, a 63-year-old Qatari whose life ban from football was overturned in a sports court earlier this week, now faces a second a possible second investigation which could prevent him from resuming his AFC presidency. The Asian governing body has been advised to seek "legal advice in respect of ... whether the actions of Mr. Hammam, and other parties identified in this report, constitute criminal and/or civil breaches."
Bin Hammam was suspended for 30 days by the AFC following receipt of the report last week.
According to the audit, the payments to the federation officials came from bin Hammam's personal account and weren't sufficiently explained in the AFC books. Most of the payments went into the personal accounts of these federation officials, according to the audit, and could come back to haunt these officials or their federations if shown to be inappropriate.
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Embodiments of methods of forming non-volatile memory structures are provided. In one such embodiment, first and second source/drain regions are formed on a substrate so that the first and second source/drain regions define an intervening channel region. A charge blocking layer is formed over the channel region. A trapping layer is formed over the charge blocking layer. A tunnel layer of two or more sub-layers is formed over the trapping layer, where the two or more sub-layers form a crested barrier tunnel layer. A control gate is formed over the tunnel layer.
1. A method of forming a non-volatile memory cell structure, comprising:
forming a first and second source/drain regions on a substrate, the first and second source/drain regions defining an intervening channel region;
forming a charge blocking layer over the channel region;
forming a trapping layer over the charge blocking layer;
forming a tunnel layer of two or more sub-layers formed over the trapping layer, wherein the two or more sub-layers form a crested barrier tunnel layer; and
forming a control gate over the tunnel layer.
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15. A method of forming a non-volatile memory cell structure, comprising:
forming a first and second source/drain regions on a substrate, the first and second source/drain regions defining an intervening channel region;
forming a charge blocking layer over the channel region;
forming a trapping layer over the charge blocking layer, wherein the trapping layer is a dielectric containing a plurality of bulk trapping sites and wherein the plurality of bulk trapping sites comprise a plurality of nano-crystals embedded in the trapping layer;
forming a tunnel layer of two or more sub-layers formed over the trapping layer, wherein the two or more sub-layers form a crested barrier tunnel layer;
forming an injector silicon-rich-nitride (I-SRN) over the crested barrier tunnel layer; and
forming a control gate over the injector silicon-rich-nitride (I-SRN).
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This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/623,895, titled "BAND ENGINEERED NANO-CRYSTAL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE UTILIZING ENHANCED GATE INJECTION," filed Nov. 23, 2009 (allowed) now U.S. Pat. No. 7,851,850, which application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/217,030 of the same title, filed Aug. 31, 2005, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,629,641 on Dec. 8, 2009, both of which applications are commonly assigned and incorporated in their entirety herein by reference.
The present invention relates generally to integrated circuits and in particular the present invention relates to non-volatile memory devices.
Memory devices are typically provided as internal storage areas in the computer. The term memory identifies data storage that comes in the form of integrated circuit chips. There are several different types of memory used in modern electronics, one common type is RAM (random-access memory). RAM is characteristically found in use as main memory in a computer environment. RAM functions as a read and write memory; that is, you can both write data into RAM and read data from RAM. This is in contrast to read-only memory (ROM), which permits you only to read data. Most RAM is volatile, which means that it requires a steady flow of electricity to maintain its contents. As soon as the power is turned off, whatever data was in RAM is lost. Computers almost always contain a small amount of ROM that holds instructions for starting up the computer.
EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory) and Flash memories are special types of non-voF31Flatile ROMs that can be written and erased. A Flash memory is a type of EEPROM that is typically erased and reprogrammed in blocks instead of a single bit or one byte (8 or 9 bits) at a time. Flash and EEPROM memories may use floating gate technology or trapping technology non-volatile memory cells. Floating gate cells include source and drain regions that are laterally spaced apart to form an intermediate channel region. The source and drain regions are typically formed in a common horizontal plane of a silicon substrate. The floating gate, generally made of doped polysilicon, is disposed over the channel region and is electrically isolated from the other cell elements by oxide. The non-volatile memory function for the floating gate technology is created by the absence or presence of charge stored on the isolated floating gate. In floating node/embedded trap non-volatile memory cells, the stored charge is "trapped" and stored in a non-conductive trapping layer. One example of this trapping technology that functions as a non-volatile memory is the silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) architecture. In the SONOS architecture, the nitride trap layer can capture and store electrons or holes in order to act as a non-volatile memory.
The memory cells of both an EEPROM memory array and a Flash memory array are typically arranged into either a "NOR" architecture (each cell directly coupled to a bit line) or a "NAND" architecture (cells coupled into "strings" of cells, such that each cell is coupled indirectly to a bit line and requires activating the other cells of the string for access).
A problem in Flash/EEPROM floating gate and SONOS memory cell arrays is that voltage scalability affects the minimum cell size, and consequently the overall memory density of any resulting array. Both SONOS and floating gate Flash/EEPROM memories consume relatively high power compared to other memory technologies, requiring external or on-chip high voltage/current supplies for programming and erase operations. Due to the high programming voltage requirement, neighboring cells must be separated sufficiently apart (significantly greater than the minimum feature size) so as not to be disturbed by the capacitive coupling effect during programming of the active cell. This problem is more severe with scaling of the feature size capability, affecting cell density. In addition, the high programming/erase voltages diminish device endurance and retention by damaging the materials of the memory cell and generating flaws. As integrated circuit processing techniques improve, manufacturers try to reduce the feature sizes of the devices produced and thus increase the density of the IC circuits and memory arrays. Additionally, with progressive scaling of feature size, fundamental device leakage issues such as short-channel effects and gate dielectric leakage need to be contained in order to take advantage of scaling.
For the reasons stated above, and for other reasons stated below which will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading and understanding the present specification, there is a need in the art for low power scalable non-volatile memory cell devices.
In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration specific preferred embodiments in which the inventions may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention, and it is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that logical, mechanical and electrical changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The terms wafer and substrate used previously and in the following description include any base semiconductor structure. Both are to be understood as including bulk silicon, silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) technology, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology, silicon-on-nothing, thin film transistor (TFT) technology, doped and undoped semiconductors, epitaxial layers of silicon supported by a base semiconductor, as well as other semiconductor structures well known to one skilled in the art. Furthermore, when reference is made to a wafer or substrate in the following description, previous process steps may have been utilized to form regions/junctions in the base semiconductor structure. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined only by the claims and equivalents thereof.
Non-volatile memory devices and arrays, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention, facilitate the utilization of reverse mode non-volatile memory cells that have band engineered gate-stacks and nano-crystal charge trapping in EEPROM and block erasable memory devices, such as Flash memory devices. Embodiments of the present invention allow a reverse mode gate-insulator stack memory cell that utilizes the control gate for programming and erasure through a band engineered crested tunnel barrier. Charge retention is enhanced by utilization of high work function nano-crystals in a non-conductive trapping layer and a high K dielectric charge blocking layer. The band-gap engineered gate-stack with symmetric or asymmetric crested barrier tunnel layers of the non-volatile memory cells of embodiments of the present invention allow for low voltage tunneling programming and erase with electrons and holes, while maintaining high charge blocking barriers and deep carrier trapping sites for good charge retention. The direct tunneling program and erase capability reduces damage to the gate-stack and the crystal lattice from high energy carriers, reducing write fatigue and leakage issues and enhancing device lifespan, while allowing for memory cells that can take advantage of progressive lithographic and feature size scaling. Memory cell embodiments of the present invention also allow multiple levels of bit storage in a single memory cell through incorporation of multiple trapped charge centroids and/or multiple threshold voltage levels.
In normal mode SONOS or floating gate devices, the silicon substrate is active as the source of electrons and holes during programming and erase operations. In contrast, the gate electrode serves as the source of electrons and holes during program and erase for the reverse mode device. In the case of the normal mode device, during program/erase cycling injected hot carriers adversely affect the integrity of the silicon/insulator interface as well as that of the tunnel insulator itself. Consequently, device transconductance is degraded and endurance, retention and device reliability are reduced. Reverse mode devices are immune to such adverse effects since the channel silicon/insulator interface is relatively passive during programming and erase operations, when charge injection/extraction is occurring at the control gate. Reverse mode devices, therefore, provide higher reliability, enhanced endurance, and other associated beneficial device characteristics.
The illustrated structure is comprised of the silicon substrate 100, the oxide-nitride-oxide 101, 102, 103 (ONO) layer, and the control gate 104. The illustrated structure has an effective oxide thickness (EOT) of 12 nm since the tunnel oxide has an EOT of 3.5 nm, the nitride trap 102 has an EOT of 4.0 nm (physical thickness approximately 7.5 nm), and the charge blocking oxide 103 has an EOT of 4.5 nm.
SONOS and nano-crystal types of non-volatile memory devices are typically referred to as discrete trap or embedded trap devices. The charge to be stored in the trap layer 102 tunnels through the tunnel insulator 101 and is confined there in trapping sites in the trapping layer itself or in traps associated with nano-crystals due to the charge blocking insulator layer 103. This charge trapping gate stack, with its electrically isolated trapping layer, allows charge to be trapped near the channel region and affect the threshold voltage level of the non-volatile memory cell. The tunneling may be accomplished by direct and Fowler-Nordheim tunneling during write operations while holes tunnel by direct tunneling during erase operations. The trap layer 102 may be nitride for SONOS or nano-crystals (silicon, germanium, or metal embedded oxides).
Stored charge retention and erase speed sensitivity can depend on the tunneling distance (i.e., tunnel insulator thickness). For example, an increase in oxide insulator thickness from an EOT of 1 nm to 3 nm would result in a charge retention increase of approximately five orders of magnitude but also reducing the erase speed by nearly the same amount. This is due to the fact that both the back-tunneling electron current as well as the forward hole current are dependent on tunneling distance that in turn depends on the insulator thickness, given the large band energy barriers (Eb) of oxide of 3.2 eV for electrons and 4.7 eV for holes (with reference to silicon), respectively. The tunnel oxide 101 has an Eb of approximately 9 eV, the nitride layer 102 has an Eb of approximately 5.1 eV, and the charge blocking oxide has an Eb of approximately 9 eV.
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While SONOS or nano-crystal embedded trap memory cell devices show promise in voltage scalability for non-volatile memory applications, as well as somewhat higher programming speed/endurance when compared to floating gate devices, these devices still exhibit characteristically small values of logic window (Vt1−Vt0), have limited speed and reliability, and exhibit tunnel oxide degradation similar to floating gate devices. This limits their application and potential and scalability in non-volatile memory. This is primarily due to the fact that the oxide thickness is required to be greater than 4 nm in order to meet a 10 year retention requirement and that therefore a high field is still required to transport charges through the tunnel oxide.
As such, issues with prior art floating gate, SONOS and embedded trap non-volatile memory cells include, high programming voltage and power requirements, limited programming and erasure speed, limited device scalability (without adversely affecting retention), and limited device endurance due to lattice damage from high energy carriers during programming and erasure.
In embodiments of the present invention, the gate stack of the non-volatile memory cell comprises a charge blocking dielectric layer, a trapping layer, a band engineered crested barrier tunnel layer, and a control gate forming a reverse mode memory cell field effect transistor (FET) device. The channel region is formed between two source/drain regions, the charge blocking dielectric layer is formed over the channel, followed in turn by the trapping layer, the band engineered crested barrier tunnel layer, and the control gate. In this reverse mode memory cell FET, charge storage and programming (writing and erasing) is accomplished through the control gate to the trapping layer instead of from the channel (as in a normal mode non-volatile memory cell), allowing the channel/charge blocking interface to remain relatively unaffected by programming and erasure operations, increasing device endurance. The charge blocking region is formed of a dielectric insulator material, which preferably is a high K dielectric so as to allow for reduction in overall stack EOT, and provides a high energy barrier and physical thickness to prevent electron and hole tunneling to the channel and aid in charge retention. The trapping layer is formed of trap-free high-K dielectric with high work function nano-crystals formed near the trapping layer/charge blocking layer interface, allowing a maximum electrostatic effect by the trapped charge on the channel for a large logic window, while presenting a large physical tunnel distance and barrier energy to the trapped charge prevent back-tunneling. In alternative embodiment, the trapping layer is formed of bulk trap dielectric which may or may not have nano-crystals formed near the trapping layer/charge blocking layer interface.
The tunnel layer in embodiments of the present invention comprises successive layers of tunnel insulation of differing physical thicknesses and electron and hole tunnel barrier heights formed in a band-engineered crested barrier tunnel layer. In band-engineered crested barrier tunnel layers, the successive layers of tunnel insulation materials are chosen such that a thin layer of high energy barrier material is combined with one or more lower barrier layers so that both an energy barrier and a physical thickness are present to prevent carrier tunneling. Under an applied field, the barriers of this crested tunnel layer distort to allow for low voltage carrier tunneling through the tunnel layer at high carrier fluence through the combined effects of barrier lowering and thinning. This crested barrier tunnel layer, in combination with the low EOT gate-insulator stack allows for high speed, low voltage programming/erasure of the memory cell. In one embodiment of the present invention, the tunnel barrier presents a symmetric barrier to both electron and hole tunneling. In another embodiment of the present invention, the tunnel barrier presents an asymmetric barrier to electron and hole tunneling, allowing for faster or slower programming or erasure. Band-engineered high K dielectric layers also provide enhanced programming speed at reduced field and carrier energy across the gate insulator dielectric stack, enhancing endurance and reliability. The control gate can be formed of aluminum, tungsten, polysilicon or other conductor material and is typically coupled to a word line or control line.
The high energy barriers for electrons and holes provided by the HfSiON charge blocking layer 330 and the crested barrier tunnel layer 336, combined with the deep potential wells of the high work function nano-crystals 334 helps prevent trapped-charge leakage to either the substrate or control gate 318, enhancing charge retention. The close proximity of the trapped charges stored in the nano-crystals 334 to the silicon/insulator interface of the channel 322, combined with the high density of trapping centers, result in large shift in device threshold and a resulting large logic window.
The effective tunnel barrier 336 during programming or erasure of the embodiment of the present invention detailed in
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For charge blocking layers of embodiments of the present invention, due to lack of having to tunnel carriers through it for programming or erasure, the primary characteristics required for charge blocking layer is to provide a high enough barrier to electron or hole tunneling while forming a saturated (no dangling bond) clean interface having a very low density of states with the channel/silicon substrate. In order to effectively prevent electron or hole tunneling, the barrier energy for both should be greater than 2.5 eV and physical thicknesses greater than or equal to 5 nm to prevent such injection during programming or erasure. Although Si02 fulfills most of the above-mentioned requirements, it has a low K value (K=3.9) and higher K insulators are desired for voltage scaling and the reduction of fixed charge formation at the interface. Examples of such higher K dielectric materials include, but are not limited to HfSiON (K=17), HfAlO (K=17), La2O3 (K=30, bandgap of 4.3 eV), LaAlO3 (K=27.5, band gap: 6.5 eV), SiOxCy (Silicon-oxy-carbide: K=7, band gap: 6.3 eV), and HfSiOx (Hafnium silicate: K=20, band gap 4.7 eV).
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, the charge blocking layer consists of 5 nm or more of a high barrier, high K dielectric material, a high density of platinum nano-crystals (with a density greater than or equal to 5E12/cm2) embedded in a trapping layer of 5 nm-7 nm of Ta205 and a crested barrier tunnel layer. The crested barrier tunnel layer formed of a 2 nm layer of Ta205 (K=26, band gap: 4.5 eV) formed over the 5 nm-7 nm nano-crystal embedded layer, a 10 nm-15 nm layer of La2O3 (K=30, bandgap of 4.3 eV) and a thin overlayer of injector silicon-rich-nitride (I-SRN).
It is also noted that many combinations of dielectric layers to form crested barriers are possible. In particular, those combining multiple high K layers. It should be noted however, for balancing retention with programming speed, the peak barrier height at flat band should be in the order of ˜2 ev both for electrons and holes to avoid charge loss and retention issues through the tunnel layer, thereby limiting the selection of dielectric layers for tunneling medium. For example, layers of HfO2 (K=24, band gap: 5.7 eV), TiO2 (K=80, band gap: 3.5 eV), Ta2O5 (K=26, band gap: 4.5 eV) can be combined with other layers such as SiN, Y2O3, or etc. to enhance electron injection, but such combination would compromise retention. It should also be noted that tunneling layers should preferably be those with reduced intrinsic trap density unless selected to be extremely thin (direct tunneling).
It is noted that in embodiments of the present invention, trapping dielectric is preferred to be a high K dielectric with reduced trap density and that charge trapping occur mainly at the nano-crystal locations to promote well defined device characteristics. However, other high K trapping dielectrics may also be considered such as, but not limited to, TiO2 (K=80), Ta2O5 (K=26), and AlN (K=10).
As previously stated, the two common types of EEPROM and Flash memory array architectures are the "NAND" and "NOR" architectures, so called for the similarity each basic memory cell configuration has to the corresponding logic gate design. In the NOR array architecture, the floating gate memory cells of the memory array are arranged in a matrix similar to RAM or ROM. The gates of each non-volatile memory cell of the array matrix are coupled by rows to word select lines (word lines) and their drains are coupled to column bit lines. The source of each non-volatile memory cell is typically coupled to a common source line. The NOR architecture non-volatile memory array is accessed by a row decoder activating a row of non-volatile memory cells by selecting the word line coupled to their gates. The row of selected memory cells then place their stored data values on the column bit lines by flowing a differing current from the coupled source line to the coupled column bit lines depending on their programmed states. A column page of bit lines is selected and sensed, and individual data words are selected from the sensed data words from the column page and communicated from the memory. It is noted that other memory arrays incorporating memory cell embodiments of the present invention are possible, including but not limited to AND memory arrays and virtual ground memory arrays, and will be apparent to those skilled in the art with the benefit of the present disclosure.
An EEPROM or Flash NAND array architecture also arranges its array of non-volatile memory cells in a matrix such that the gates of each non-volatile memory cell of the array are coupled by rows to word lines. However each memory cell is not directly coupled to a source line and a column bit line. Instead, the memory cells of the array are arranged together in strings, typically of 8, 16, 32, or more each, where the memory cells in the string are coupled together in series, source to drain, between a common source line and a column bit line. This allows a NAND array architecture to have a higher memory cell density than a comparable NOR array, but with the cost of a generally slower access rate and programming complexity.
A NAND architecture floating gate memory array is accessed by a row decoder activating a row of non-volatile memory cells by selecting the word select line coupled to their gates. In addition, the word lines coupled to the gates of the unselected memory cells of each string are also driven. However, the unselected memory cells of each string are typically driven by a higher gate voltage so as to operate them as pass transistors and allowing them to pass current in a manner that is unrestricted by their stored data values. Current then flows from the source line to the column bit line through each floating gate memory cell of the series coupled string, restricted only by the memory cells of each string that are selected to be read. This places the current or voltage encoded stored data values of the row of selected memory cells on the column bit lines. A column page of bit lines is selected and sensed, and then individual data words are selected from the sensed data words from the column page and communicated from the memory device.
On a read access the row address is latched and decoded by row decode circuit 720, which selects and activates a row/page (not shown) of memory cells across a selected memory bank. The bit values encoded in the output of the selected row of memory cells are coupled to a local bit line (not shown) and a global bit line (not shown) and are detected by sense amplifiers 722 associated with the memory bank. The column address of the access is latched and decoded by the column decode circuit 724. The output of the column decode circuit 724 selects the desired column data from the internal data bus (not shown) that is coupled to the outputs of the individual read sense amplifiers 722 and couples them to an I/O buffer 726 for transfer from the memory device 700 through the data interface 708.
On a write access the row decode circuit 720 selects the row page and column decode circuit 724 selects write sense amplifiers 722. Data values to be written are coupled from the I/O buffer 726 via the internal data bus to the write sense amplifiers 722 selected by the column decode circuit 724 and written to the selected non-volatile memory cells (not shown) of the memory array 712. The written cells are then reselected by the row and column decode circuits 720, 724 and sense amplifiers 722 so that they can be read to verify that the correct values have been programmed into the selected memory cells.
In some embodiments, memory module 800 will include a housing 805 (as depicted) to enclose one or more memory devices 810, though such a housing is not essential to all devices or device applications. At least one memory device 810 is a non-volatile memory including memory cell circuits of or adapted to perform methods of the present invention. Where present, the housing 805 includes one or more contacts 815 for communication with a host device. Examples of host devices include digital cameras, digital recording and playback devices, PDAs, personal computers, memory card readers, interface hubs and the like. For some embodiments, the contacts 815 are in the form of a standardized interface. For example, with a USB flash drive, the contacts 815 might be in the form of a USB Type-A male connector. For some embodiments, the contacts 815 are in the form of a semi-proprietary interface, such as might be found on CompactFlash™ memory cards licensed by SanDisk Corporation, Memory Stick™ memory cards licensed by Sony Corporation, SD Secure Digital™ memory cards licensed by Toshiba Corporation and the like. In general, however, contacts 815 provide an interface for passing control, address and/or data signals between the memory module 800 and a host having compatible receptors for the contacts 815.
The memory module 800 may optionally include additional circuitry 820 which may be one or more integrated circuits and/or discrete components. For some embodiments, the additional circuitry 820 may include a memory controller for controlling access across multiple memory devices 810 and/or for providing a translation layer between an external host and a memory device 810. For example, there may not be a one-to-one correspondence between the number of contacts 815 and a number of I/O connections to the one or more memory devices 810. Thus, a memory controller could selectively couple an I/O connection (not shown in
The additional circuitry 820 may further include functionality unrelated to control of a memory device 810 such as logic functions as might be performed by an ASIC (application specific integrated circuit). Also, the additional circuitry 820 may include circuitry to restrict read or write access to the memory module 800, such as password protection, biometrics or the like. The additional circuitry 820 may include circuitry to indicate a status of the memory module 800. For example, the additional circuitry 820 may include functionality to determine whether power is being supplied to the memory module 800 and whether the memory module 800 is currently being accessed, and to display an indication of its status, such as a solid light while powered and a flashing light while being accessed. The additional circuitry 820 may further include passive devices, such as decoupling capacitors to help regulate power requirements within the memory module 800.
It is noted that other memory cells, memory strings, arrays, and memory devices in accordance with embodiments of the present invention are possible and should be apparent to those skilled in the art with benefit of the present disclosure.
Non-volatile memory devices and arrays have been described that utilize reverse mode non-volatile memory cells that have band engineered gate-stacks and nano-crystal charge trapping in EEPROM and block erasable memory devices, such as Flash memory devices. Embodiments of the present invention allow a reverse mode gate-insulator stack memory cell that utilizes the control gate for programming and erasure through a band engineered crested tunnel barrier. Charge retention is enhanced by utilization of high work function nano-crystals in a non-conductive trapping layer and a high K dielectric charge blocking layer. The band-gap engineered gate-stack with symmetric or asymmetric crested barrier tunnel layers of the non-volatile memory cells of embodiments of the present invention allow for low voltage tunneling programming and erase with electrons and holes, while maintaining high charge blocking barriers and deep carrier trapping sites for good charge retention. The direct tunneling program and erase capability reduces damage to the gate-stack and the crystal lattice from high energy carriers, reducing write fatigue and leakage issues and enhancing device lifespan, while allowing for memory cells that can take advantage of progressive lithographic and feature size scaling. Memory cell embodiments of the present invention also allow multiple levels of bit storage in a single memory cell through multiple charge centroids and/or multiple threshold voltage levels.
Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and described herein, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that any arrangement, which is calculated to achieve the same purpose, may be substituted for the specific embodiment shown. This application is intended to cover any adaptations or variations of the present invention. Therefore, it is manifestly intended that this invention be limited only by the claims and the equivalents thereof.
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Dry conditions continue across Iowa as a wet spring quickly faded into a "flash drought." More than 41 percent of the state is in severe drought conditions. Union County is split by severe and moderate drought conditions.
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Dubbed the "companion" game to Konami's two Lords of Shadow games in the gothic action series, Mirror of Fate first launched in March 2013 on 3DS before undergoing a price drop to $30 in August. The HD version landed on PSN and XBLA right around Halloween, and was also included in November's Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Collection bundle. Our review of the 3DS version of Mirror of Fate found the game equally challenging as it was unevenly paced.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 will launch February 28 on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, at which point Konami will drive a stake through this pre-order deal's heart. Metaphorically, of course.
Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. is offering the full version of its acclaimed Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD to those pre-ordering Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 via PlayStation®Network.
Originally released last year, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD is a companion piece to the epic Lords of Shadow series, introducing Trevor and Simon Belmont to the canon. Mixing platform and action elements, Mirror of Fate HD follows Trevor as he storms Dracula's castle, having pledged to end the Vampire's unholy existence. Tragically, their fates are inextricably linked, culminating in an epic climax to be revealed in the forthcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2.
Anyone pre-ordering the game digitally via PlayStation®Network will automatically receive Mirror of Fate HD free, allowing fans to witness the introduction of key characters – such as the mischievous Toymaker – who returns to taunt Dracula in the long-awaited Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. The special offer will run from today until the sequel's launch on February 28th.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 will be released on Playstation®3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC, and is a fitting conclusion to the stunning series. Dropping Dracula into a modern day setting where he is charged with preventing Satan from bringing about the apocalypse, the new game boasts a fully-interactive city and castle environment, an adaptive weapon system, magical powers to develop and an all-new fully-controllable camera delivering a deep adventure game with tons of depth.
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The temple town of Thiru Narayanapuram (Melkote) wore a festive look on Sunday last. The Vaira Mudi utsavam of Selva Pillai drew thousands of devotees from across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
Located in Mandya District, 35 km north of Srirangapatna on the banks of the Cauvery, at the foot of Yadava Giri, Thiru Narayana Perumal temple in Melkote dates back to the Kretha Yuga and is referred to as Dakshina Badri.Thiru Narayanapuram is one of the four famous Swayambu Kshetrams, the other three being Srirangam, Kanchipuram and Tirupati.
Lord Rama, who had given his aradhana puja idol, Ranganatha, to the newly crowned Lanka King Vibheeshana, was left without an idol for his daily pujas. Brahma is said to have provided the idol of Selva Pillai to Rama who later passed this on to his sons, Lava and Kusa. When Kusa's daughter married a Yadava prince, this idol was given as part of the gifts and thus moved to the lunar dynasty from solar.
The story goes that Vaira Mudi (the diamond crown) belonging to Lord Paramapatha Nathan in Vaikuntam was stolen by Prahalada's son Virochana. Garuda managed to recover the crown and hand it over to Krishna.
This event of Garuda presenting the Vaira Mudi to Selva Pillai Sampath Kumaran, the utsava deity, was enacted at the Thiru Narayana Perumal temple, this past Sunday. Narasaraja Bhattar had the honour of collecting the crown from Garuda and placing it on Lord Selva Pillai. This diamond crown had been brought from the Mandya Treasury (30 km from here), where it is kept under safe custody through the year.
Just after 8.30 p.m., Lord Selva Pillai Sampath Kumaran, seated on Garuda Vahanam and adorned with a glittering Vaira Mudi, was led in a procession around the four Mada streets to the accompaniment of Thiruvanthathi, the fourth set of verses of Iyarpa, and was returned to the vahana mantapam. Selva Pillai was then adorned with his second special thirukolam – the Raja Mudi thirukolam – as he went around the prakaram inside the temple at 4.30 a.m. This crown was presented to him by Raja Wodeyar, the first king of the Mysore dynasty.
One of the other highlights at this temple was the Araiyar Sevai. This is one of the four Vishnu temples in India where Araiyar Sevai is still performed, the others being Srirangam, Srivilliputhur and Azhwar Thirunagari. At 5.30 a.m. on Monday, Araiyar presented sacred verses on Selva Pillai as he led the Lord back to the sanctum bringing to an end the Vaira Mudi utsavam.
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The utsava deity Rama Priyan got the name thanks to Ramanuja. The idol was taken away by a Sultan and the preceptor went in search of it. The Sultan displayed several idols and asked him to identify Rama Priyan. A puzzled Ramanuja called, "Adiyen, Vaareer En Selva Pillai." The Lord, as a baby, ran up and sat on Ramanuja's lap. The name stayed. Ramanuja stayed here for 12 years and set up processes for daily pujas, rituals and annual festivals.
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Ashta Theertotsavam during Raja Mudi Brahmotsavam in Karthigai, Thai Punarvasu festival commemorating Ramanuja's arrival in Thiru Narayanapuram and the nine-day Krishnaraja Thirunal are a few of the other important utsavams that are celebrated here.
It is believed that childless couples who bathe in the Kalyani Pushkarani for eight days and offer prayers to Thiru Narayanan are sure to be blessed with progeny.
How to reach
From Chennai, one can take the Mysore Kaveri Express to Pandava Pura and a Tumkur bound bus to Jakkanahalli junction (about 15 km from Pandavapura) to reach Melkote. Auto fare from Jakkanahalli to Melkote temple (about 5kms) is Rs. 60-75.
One can also take Shatabdi express to Mysore and reach Melkote (about 50 km) by road via Srirangapatna and Pandavapura.
From Bangalore, one can reach Melkote in two hours (about 135 km) by road via Mandya-Jakkanahalli.


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I've just managed to get hold of a ticket for Obraztsova's Giselle at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome and am very excited. I know the standard duration is 2 hours including an interval (both the Royal Ballet and the Paris Opera versions), but Carla Fracci introduced an "unabridged" version a couple of years ago and I have no idea how much longer it is. The Opera's website has no information, I'm hoping somebody here has seen it/has an idea? It's not an idle question, train schedules are involved...I'd be very grateful for any help. Thank you!
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