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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1999
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A circuit is provided for applying a negative voltage to the control gate of a floating gate memory cell and a positive voltage to the source drain or channel which comprises a positive voltage source to provide a positive voltage to the source of the cell, and a negative voltage source responsive to the supply voltage to provide a negative voltage to the control gate. A voltage regulator is included that is coupled to the negative voltage source and to the positive voltage source to maintain the negative voltage at a level responsive to the source voltage. The regulator maintains the negative voltage in response to the source voltage so that the electric field remains essentially constant over a range of values of source voltage.