Overview
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Rino Micheloni
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Integrated Devices Technology, Agrate Brianza, Italy
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Luca Crippa
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Forward Insights, North York, Canada
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Alessia Marelli
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Integrated Device Technology, Agrate Brianza, Italy
- Flash NAND design
- NAND – SSD co-development
- Radiation effects on Flash memories
- Charge trap technology overview
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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- R. Micheloni, A. Marelli, S. Commodaro
Pages 19-53
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- C. Zambelli, A. Chimenton, P. Olivo
Pages 89-113
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- A. Marelli, R. Micheloni, R. Ravasio
Pages 131-159
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- T. Zhang, A. Marelli, R. Micheloni
Pages 393-422
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- M. Bagatin, G. Cellere, S. Gerardin, A. Paccagnella
Pages 537-571
About this book
Digital photography, MP3, digital video, etc. make extensive use of NAND-based Flash cards as storage media.
To realize how much NAND Flash memories pervade every aspect of our life, just imagine how our recent habits would change if the NAND memories suddenly disappeared. To take a picture it would be necessary to find a film (as well as a traditional camera…), disks or even magnetic tapes would be used to record a video or to listen a song, and a cellular phone would return to be a simple mean of communication rather than a multimedia console.
The development of NAND Flash memories will not be set down on the mere evolution of personal entertainment systems since a new killer application can trigger a further success: the replacement of Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) with Solid State Drives (SSDs).
SSD is made up by a microcontroller and several NANDs. As NAND is the technology driver for IC circuits, Flash designers and technologists have to deal with a lot of challenges. Therefore, SSD (system) developers must understand Flash technology in order to exploit its benefits and countermeasure its weaknesses.
Inside NAND Flash Memories is a comprehensive guide of the NAND world: from circuits design (analog and digital) to Flash reliability (including radiation effects), from testing issues to high-performance (DDR) interface, from error correction codes to NAND applications like Flash cards and SSDs.
Authors and Affiliations
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Integrated Devices Technology, Agrate Brianza, Italy
Rino Micheloni
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Forward Insights, North York, Canada
Luca Crippa
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Integrated Device Technology, Agrate Brianza, Italy
Alessia Marelli