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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. 12, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshiya Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365200 ; 365185 ; 365218 ; 365900 ; 371 102 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a flash type EEPROM which includes a first memory cell array having a plurality of first memory cells, a second memory array having a plurality of memory cells which are smaller in number than the first memory cells, a voltage generator operatively generating an erasing voltage in an erase operation mode, a first transfer gate circuit operatively transferring the erasing voltage to each of the first and a second transfer gate circuit operatively transferring the erasing voltage to each of the second memory cells, the first transfer gate circuit having a current driving capability larger than the current driving capability of the second transfer gate circuit.