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Systems and methods to convert memory to one-time programmable memory

US11101009B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Board of Trustees of the Univeristy of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville · US

Inventor

Biswajit Ray · Huntsville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 4, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2212/7206
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory system is configured to convert multiple programmable memory or a portion thereof to one-time programmable (OTP) memory. The system is configured to repetitively perform memory operations (such as program and erase procedures) on a portion of memory in order to induce accelerated degradation (aging) of select memory cells, thereby permanently changing the select cells, such that a pattern of the cells with degraded performance indicate a data value that has been permanently encoded into the memory.

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