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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1988
Filed:
May. 27, 1986
Tien-Ler Lin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dumitru Cioaca, Cupertino, CA (US);
Seeq Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for page mode programming of a memory cell with false loading protection is disclosed. The apparatus discharges any residual voltage left on the bit line after a read operation to prevent this voltage from being erroneously loaded into temporary storage apparatus associated with the bit line. In a preferred embodiment, two transistors are placed in series between the bit line and the array V.sub.ss line. A first transistor is controlled by a signal indicating that information is to be loaded into the temporary storage apparatus. The second transistor is controlled by a signal indicating that no memory cell associated with the bit line has been selected for programming.