Embedded Flash Memory for Embedded Systems: Technology, Design for Sub-systems, and Innovations (Integrated Circuits and Systems)

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to embedded flash memory, describing the history, current status, and future projections for technology, circuits, and systems applications. The authors describe current main-stream embedded flash technologies from floating-gate 1Tr, floating-gate with split-gate (1.5Tr), and 1Tr/1.5Tr SONOS flash technologies and their successful creation of various applications. Comparisons of these embedded flash technologies and future projections are also provided. The authors demonstrate a variety of embedded applications for auto-motive, smart-IC cards, and low-power, representing the leading-edge technology developments for eFlash. The discussion also includes insights into future prospects of application-driven non-volatile memory technology in the era of smart advanced automotive system, such as ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) and IoE (Internet of Everything). Trials on technology convergence and future prospects of embedded non-volatile memory in the new memory hierarchy are also described.

• Introduces the history of embedded flash memory technology for micro-controller products and how embedded flash innovations developed;
  
• Includes comprehensive and detailed descriptions of current main-stream embedded flash memory technologies, sub-system designs and applications;
  
• Explains why embedded flash memory requirements are different from those of stand-alone flash memory and how to achieve specific goals with technology development and circuit designs;
  
• Describes a mature and stable floating-gate 1Tr cell technology imported from stand-alone flash memory products - that then introduces embedded-specific split-gate memory cell technologies based on floating-gate storage structure and charge-trapping SONOS technology and their eFlash sub-system designs;
  
• Describes automotive and smart-IC card applications requirements and achievements in advanced eFlash beyond 4

本書全面介紹了嵌入式快閃記憶體，描述了該技術的歷史、現狀和未來的發展趨勢，以及技術、電路和系統應用。作者描述了目前主流的嵌入式快閃技術，包括浮閘1Tr、浮閘與分離閘（1.5Tr）以及1Tr/1.5Tr SONOS快閃技術，以及它們在各種應用中的成功創造。本書還提供了這些嵌入式快閃技術的比較和未來的發展預測。作者展示了汽車、智能IC卡和低功耗等各種嵌入式應用，代表了eFlash的尖端技術發展。討論還包括在智能先進汽車系統（如ADAS和IoE）時代中，應用驅動的非揮發性記憶體技術的未來前景。本書還描述了技術融合和新記憶體層次結構中嵌入式非揮發性記憶體的未來前景。本書還包括以下內容：
- 介紹了嵌入式快閃記憶體技術在微控制器產品中的歷史以及嵌入式快閃創新的發展；
- 詳細描述了目前主流的嵌入式快閃記憶體技術、子系統設計和應用；
- 解釋了嵌入式快閃記憶體需求與獨立快閃記憶體需求的不同，以及如何通過技術開發和電路設計實現特定目標；
- 描述了從獨立快閃記憶體產品引入的成熟穩定的浮閘1Tr單元技術，然後介紹了基於浮閘存儲結構和電荷捕獲SONOS技術的嵌入式特定分離閘記憶體單元技術及其eFlash子系統設計；
- 描述了汽車和智能IC卡應用的需求和在4.0nm節點之外的先進eFlash成就。