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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:
Apr. 19, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365226 ; 365229 ;
Abstract
An improved flash EEPROM with a sense amplifier having a sensing characteristics suitable for sensing a data signal under an externally applied supply voltage Vcc in a lower range, and a sense amplifier having a sensing characteristics suitable for sensing a data signal under the supply voltage Vcc in a higher range. A Vcc level detecting device detects in which range the supply voltage Vcc is in, soasto selectively enable one of sense amplifiers. Since the data signal is amplified using the sense amplifier having the optimum sensing characteristics in accordance with the level of the supply voltage, the stored data can be accurately read.