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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
K. Michael Han, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph G. Pawletko, Germantown, MD (US);
Narbeh Derhacobian, Belmont, CA (US);
Chi Chang, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ; G11C 1/606 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ; G11C 1/606 ;
Abstract
A programming and erase method that extends erase time degradation of nonvolatile memory devices by using a constant erase voltage and a set of program voltages, where the average program voltage of the set of the program voltages is approximately equal to the constant erase voltage.