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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1998
Pau-Ling Chen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Michael Van Buskirk, Saratoga, CA (US);
Shane C Hollmer, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael S Chung, San Jose, CA (US);
Binh Quang Le, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vincent Leung, Mountain View, CA (US);
Shoichi Kawamura, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Masaru Yano, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In the programming of a non-volatile memory device, such as a NAND flash memory device 100, a positive bias voltage V.sub.bias is applied to a bit line 44 to set a respective memory gate 44a in a programmed state. In a further embodiment, the positive bias voltage V.sub.bias is obtained by dividing the select drain gate voltage V.sub.cc using two resistors 56 and 58 connected in series.