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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:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence D Engh, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael H Herman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Information Storage Devices, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36518503 ; 36518518 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a method of indicating an end of message marker in a plurality of memory cells. The method includes the step of clearing a plurality of memory cells by programming the plurality of memory cells within a first predetermined voltage range to indicate an end of message. The method further includes the step of recording an input signal onto at least a portion of the plurality of memory cells within a second predetermined voltage range. The first and second predetermined voltage ranges are non-overlapping voltage ranges.