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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
May. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hosam Haggag, Mountain View, CA (US);
Albert Bergemont, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ;
Abstract
Bytes of cells in a Flash electrically-programmable read-only-memory (EPROM) are individually erasable by breaking each row of memory cells into byte-wide segments of memory cells, and utilizing a source access transistor with each segment of memory cells to control the source voltage on each segment of memory cells.