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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael A. Van Buskirk, Saratoga, CA (US);
Bhimachar Venkatesh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses methods and systems for generating a bias voltage during an Automatic Program Disturb Erase Verify (APDEV) operation in a memory device. During the APDEV operation, a predetermined supply voltage is generated by a regulated power supply. The predetermined supply voltage is directed to a temperature-compensated bias generator circuit. The temperature-compensated bias generator circuit is activated to generate the bias voltage based on the operating temperature of the memory device.