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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:
Sep. 28, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bertrand Conan, Aix en Provence, FR;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A., Gentilly, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365203 ; 36518901 ;
Abstract
In order to improve the access time, in reading mode, to the information elements contained in an integrated circuit memory, especially electrically programmable memories such as EPROMs, a circuit for pre-charging the bit line is used and the build-up speed of the potential of the bit line is increased by making a transistor conductive during the pre-charging stage. This transistor is also designed to applying a programming potential Vpp during the stage for programming of the memory.