Giorgiana Ilie

Mrs. Giorgiana Ilie

ON Semiconductor
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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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20 March 2021 in Electronics
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GIGiorgiana Ilie
Giorgiana Ilie
CTCristian Tudoran
Cristian Tudoran
ONOtilia Neagoe
Otilia Neagoe
FDFlorin Draghici
Florin Draghici
Gheorghe BrezeanuGheorghe Brezeanu
Gheorghe Brezeanu
In this paper, a nonvolatile switch based on n-type floating-gate transistors is described. The switch states are programmed through the memory cell floating-gate voltage, allowing higher levels than the application supply. Furthermore, due to its nonvolatile nature, the power consumption is reduced. The on-state resistance, which does not depend on the supply voltage, is one of the greatest advantages of this type of switch in comparison to conventional switches. This benefit can be successfully exploited in low-voltage applications. The switch on-resistance can be increased without the need for increasing the switch area. The characteristics of the proposed switch were confirmed by the experimental results obtained on a test chip fabricated in a 0.18 µm EEPROM process. Measured on-resistance values between 45 and 70 Ω were obtained for a floating-gate voltage of 6.2 V and input source levels below 2 V. The required programming voltage was 18 V. The maximum off-state leakage current was measured at 5 nA.