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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:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chia-Shing Chen, Hsing Chu, TW;
Mam-Tsung Wang, Hsing Chu, TW;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36518528 ; 36518533 ;
Abstract
Method for writing data to a NOR-type flash memory array including loading page data to a bit-latch buffer, programming cells to low threshold voltage V.sub.t, and programming cells to high V.sub.t. Programming cells to high V.sub.t by either: Channel Hot Electron Injection (CHEI) or Source Side Injection (SSI). CHEI releases the band-to-band induced hot hole damage while SSI further reduces the sector size to be the same as page size for NOR-type flash EEPROM memory.