DE69909930D1 - Verfahren zum Löschen und Programmieren von Speicheranordnungen - Google Patents

Verfahren zum Löschen und Programmieren von Speicheranordnungen

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DE69909930D1
DE69909930D1 DE69909930T DE69909930T DE69909930D1 DE 69909930 D1 DE69909930 D1 DE 69909930D1 DE 69909930 T DE69909930 T DE 69909930T DE 69909930 T DE69909930 T DE 69909930T DE 69909930 D1 DE69909930 D1 DE 69909930D1
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erasing
methods
memory arrays
programming memory
programming
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Jeffrey Devin Bude
Marco Mastrapasqua
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Nokia of America Corp
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Lucent Technologies Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/34—Determination of programming status, e.g. threshold voltage, overprogramming or underprogramming, retention
    • G11C16/3436—Arrangements for verifying correct programming or erasure
    • G11C16/344—Arrangements for verifying correct erasure or for detecting overerased cells
    • G11C16/3445—Circuits or methods to verify correct erasure of nonvolatile memory cells
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/34—Determination of programming status, e.g. threshold voltage, overprogramming or underprogramming, retention
    • G11C16/3436—Arrangements for verifying correct programming or erasure
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/34—Determination of programming status, e.g. threshold voltage, overprogramming or underprogramming, retention
    • G11C16/3436—Arrangements for verifying correct programming or erasure
    • G11C16/3454—Arrangements for verifying correct programming or for detecting overprogrammed cells
    • G11C16/3459—Circuits or methods to verify correct programming of nonvolatile memory cells
DE69909930T 1998-10-13 1999-10-05 Verfahren zum Löschen und Programmieren von Speicheranordnungen Expired - Lifetime DE69909930T2 (de)

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US09/170,819 US6011722A (en) 1998-10-13 1998-10-13 Method for erasing and programming memory devices
US170819 1998-10-13

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EP (1) EP0994487B1 (de)
JP (1) JP3660541B2 (de)
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DE (1) DE69909930T2 (de)

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EP0994487A1 (de) 2000-04-19
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