Inside NAND Flash Memories

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Market and applications for NAND Flash memories

   • Gregory Wong

   Pages 1-18

3. NAND overview: from memory to systems

   • R. Micheloni, A. Marelli, S. Commodaro

   Pages 19-53

4. Program and erase of NAND memory arrays

   • Christoph Friederich

   Pages 55-88

5. Reliability issues of NAND Flash memories

   • C. Zambelli, A. Chimenton, P. Olivo

   Pages 89-113

6. Charge trap NAND technologies

   • Alessandro Grossi

   Pages 115-129

7. Control logic

   • A. Marelli, R. Micheloni, R. Ravasio

   Pages 131-159

8. NAND DDR interface

   • Andrea Silvagni

   Pages 161-196

9. Sensing circuits

   • L. Crippa, R. Micheloni

   Pages 197-233

10. Parasitic effects and verify circuits

    • L. Crippa, R. Micheloni

    Pages 235-260

11. MLC storage

    • L. Crippa, R. Micheloni

    Pages 261-298

12. Charge pumps, voltage regulators and HV switches

    • R. Micheloni, L. Crippa

    Pages 299-327

13. High voltage overview

    • R. Micheloni, A. Marelli

    Pages 329-351

14. Redundancy

    • A. Marelli, R. Micheloni

    Pages 353-392

15. Error correction codes

    • T. Zhang, A. Marelli, R. Micheloni

    Pages 393-422

16. NAND design for testability and testing

    • Andrea Silvagni

    Pages 423-453

17. XLC storage

    • R. Micheloni, L. Crippa

    Pages 455-482

18. Flash cards

    • A. Ghilardelli, S. Corno

    Pages 483-513

19. Low power 3D-integrated SSD

    • K. Takeuchi

    Pages 515-536

20. Radiation effects on NAND Flash memories

    • M. Bagatin, G. Cellere, S. Gerardin, A. Paccagnella

    Pages 537-571

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.

• Electronic Devices
• Flash Memories
• NAND Memories
• Solid State Circuits
• integrated circuit
• single-electron transistor
• static-induction transistor

• Integrated Devices Technology, Agrate Brianza, Italy

  Rino Micheloni

• Forward Insights, North York, Canada

  Luca Crippa

• Integrated Device Technology, Agrate Brianza, Italy

  Alessia Marelli

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