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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
May. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
T. Damodar Reddy, San Jose, CA (US);
Abhijit Ray, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alliance Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/134 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/134 ;
Abstract
A flash EPROM device (,) is disclosed. During a programming operation, a primary programming voltage circuit (,) drives I/O lines (,) to a programming voltage (Vp) according to input data values. Secondary programming voltage circuits (,) are located remotely from the primary programming voltage circuit (,) and further drive I/O lines to Vp in response to the voltage levels on the I/O lines. This arrangement reduces the effect on the load line response of the impedance intermediate the primary programming voltage circuit (,) and the secondary programming voltage circuits (,).