Overview

Map

Package

Nets

Power:

Sectors

Number High level description Claimed by Digitized? Transistor schematic? Functional schematic? Other
1 Unknown
2 Unknown
3 Unknown
4 Unknown
5 Unknown
6 Unknown
7 Unknown
8 Unknown
9 Unknown
10 Unknown
11 Unknown
12 Unknown
13 Unknown
14 ROM / microcode?
15 ROM / microcode?
16 Unknown
17 clock? JM Y Y Half Right half to meaningful high level schematic. Left half to questionable gate level schematic.
18 Unknown
19 Unknown
20 Unknown
21 Unknown
22 Unknown
23 Unknown
24 EEPROM AZ Y IP Still double-checking accuracy of tracing
25 EEPROM row/col/data?
26 EEPROM row/col/data?
27 EEPROM row/col/data?
28 charge pump caps and switches JM Y Schematic capture
29 charge pump supply diode? JM Y Schematic capture
30 charge pump control? JM Y Schematic capture
31 Unknown
32 Unknown
33 Unknown
34 Unknown
35 Unknown
36 Unknown
37 Unknown
38 Unknown
39 Unknown

Sector analysis

24 - EEPROM cells

Overview

The entire EEPROM array (shown below) is known to be 2048 bits.

The array consists of a cell (shown below) tiled 16 wide by 8 high, for 128 copies of the cell. Each cell must thus be 16 bits. Each cell consists of four sub-cells, so each sub-cell is 4 bits.

Detailed analysis

This block contains four EEPROM bits, one per quadrant.

The purple area is active area (doping unknown at this point). The two bars on the left and right appear to be guard rings and can be safely ignored.

Note that each cell contains two horizontal lines (the center is shared) and one vertical.

To read out a bit, the column select line for this cell is asserted (active high vs low polarity unknown at this point) and the other deasserted. Suppose we're reading the two bits in the left half.

At this point the left half of the cell (two bits) is active and the right is inactive. Current can now flow between terminals A and B if the upper floating gate is appropriately charged (high vs low unknown at this point) and between A and C if the lower is turned on. In this example the upper left bit is a 1 and the lower left is a 0.

It's not known at this point whether A is driven and B/C are sense lines, or vice versa. The first would allow two bits to be read at a time rather than one but would require twice as many sense amplifiers. If B were driven and A read out, then bit pair “11” would result in C going high which is probably not desirable.

It's also unknown why the floating gates have two fingers over the active area rather than a solid plate. Possibly something to do with leakage? The big plate to the side (over the guard ring) is most likely there to increase capacitance of the floating gate.

The write cycle has not been studied yet.

References

 
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