Atmel Corporation

Luca Figini

Massimiliano Frulio

Simone Bartoli

Fabio Tassan Caser

Andrea Sacco

Stefano Surico

Giorgio Oddone

Monica Marziani

Riccardo Riva Reggiori

System and method for the managing of suspend requests in flash memory devices. The system includes a microcontroller performing a modify operation on a flash memory array, a memory coupled to the microcontroller and storing suspend sequence code for causing a suspension of the modify operation when executed by the microcontroller, and suspend circuitry that receives a suspend request from a user to suspend the modify operation and starts the execution of the suspend sequence code.

Method and system for managing a suspend request in a flash memory

A system and method for avoiding offset in and reducing the footprint of a non-volatile memory that has a plurality of memory bank circuits. Each memory bank circuit has memory cells coupled to sense amplifiers, row and column decoders coupled to the memory cells, and bias circuits coupled to the sense amplifiers. The system includes a reference cell matrix coupled to each of the plurality of memory bank circuits. The reference cell matrix is configured to provide reference cell current for each of the plurality of memory bank circuits.

System and method for avoiding offset in and reducing the footprint of a non-volatile memory

An n-channel MOS transistor negative-voltage charge pump is disclosed in which the bulks of the n-channel MOS transistors are biased in such a manner as to prevent turning on the parasitic bipolar transistor inherent in the CMOS environment of the charge pump structure.

Negative charge pump with bulk biasing

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Lomazzo, Italy

Luca Figini