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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. 14, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
James S Caravella, Chandler, AZ (US);
Jeremy W Moore, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36518518 ; 36518524 ; 36518528 ;
Abstract
A programming method for a floating gate memory circuit (100) includes a block erase (step 81) in which a first programming signal is applied to memory cells of a selected block of the memory to store a first value of charge in the memory cells of the block. Data is programmed by applying a second programming signal to a first memory cell to store a second value in the first memory cell (step 83). A third programming signal is applied to a second memory cell to write a correction charge that compensates for a change in the first value of charge induced by the second programming signal (step 84).