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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2000
Takao Akaogi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ali K. Al-Shamma, San Jose, CA (US);
Lee Edward Cleveland, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yong Kim, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jin-Lien Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Boon Tang Teh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kendra Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A voltage boost circuit ( ) for a flash memory ( ) includes a boosting circuit ( ), which is capable of boosting a portion of a power supply voltage (V ) of the flash memory to a word line voltage level adequate for accessing a core cell in a core cell array ( ) of the memory. The voltage boost circuit further includes a balancing or clamping circuit ( ) for providing a nonzero adjustment voltage (V ) to the boosting circuit to reduce the portion of the supply voltage that is available for boosting by the boosting circuit when the power supply voltage exceeds a certain value.