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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:
Mar. 02, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nader Radjy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365235 ; 365182 ; 365185 ; 365218 ;
Abstract
An improved method of programming EEPROM cells in a memory array, wherein a cell page can be programmed and erased without disturbing other cell pages in the array, and further, an individual cell can be reprogrammed without disturbing other cells in the array. The user can selectively erase and program cells in the array by controlling the operating conditions of the word lines, bit lines, and Vss lines coupled to those cells according to the method of the present invention.