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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1993
Virgil N Kynett, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Mickey L Fandrich, Placerville, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A status register in a non-volatile semiconductor memory is described. The status register outputs to pins of the non-volatile semiconductor memory a number of signals that indicate the status of program and erase operations performed on the memory array of the non-volatile semiconductor memory. The status register includes a clock circuit that generates a clock signal in response to an output enable signal. The clock signal is coupled to a pair of latches that respond by coupling their signals to the pins. One latch couples an erase fail signal to a pin to indicate whether the memory array has been sucessfully erased. The other latch couples a program fail signal to a pin to indicate whether an addressed memory cell of the memory array has been sucessfully programmed.