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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:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeff Evertt, Folsom, CA (US);
Kerry Tedrow, Folsom, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365226 ; 365210 ; 327536 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit arrangement which provides a self regulated pump supply for a flash EEPROM memory cell pair reference circuit. The integrated circuit arrangement comprises: a charge pump circuit; a source of reference voltages; a comparator for comparing an output of the charge pump with a reference voltage and for operating the charge pump based on its output; and a pass device for coupling an output of the charge pump to the comparator.