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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. 15, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Caywood, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jagdish Pathak, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 214 ; 39518318 ;
Abstract
An improved method of programming flash EEPROM devices is provided, wherein the time required to write a plurality of data bytes to a flash EEPROM device with verification is substantially reduced. The disclosed method significantly reduces the effects of the settling times on the overall program-verification cycle by performing row verification of the programmed data bytes instead of the byte verification associated with conventional verification operations.