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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Horst Leuschner, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Components-Mostek Corporation, Carrollton, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365185 ; 365228 ;
Abstract
An improved nonvolatile memory has an adaptive system to regulate the charging current supplied to store data on nonvolatile storage nodes in order to provide acceptability low strain on the tunnel oxide and to compensate for process variations and change in the Fowler-Nordheim tunnel oxide transport characteristics caused by electron trapping over time.