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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jae Heon Jeong, Kyungki-do, KR;
Jong Seuk Lee, Kyungki-do, KR;
Assignee:
Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd., Kyungki-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ; G11C 1/604 ; G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ; G11C 1/604 ; G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a multi-step pulse generating circuit and a method of erasing a flash memory cell using the same, which can shorten the erase time for the flash memory and reduce the size of a device, in a way that it stores the information at the time when the suspense command is input during the multi-step pulse erase operation, switches it into a read mode, and resumes the erase operation from the time when the information is stored.