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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2000
Lorenzo Bedarida, Vimercate, IT;
Simone Bartoli, Cambiago, IT;
Mauro Sali, Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, IT;
Antonio Russo, Trezzo Sull'Adda, IT;
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
An architecture handles internal voltages in a non-volatile memory array which is split into at least first and second mutually independent banks. The architecture includes first and second pluralities of generators for generating at least one of the internal voltages, which are separate from each other and connected to the first and second banks, respectively, of the nonvolatile memory array; and a control system connected to the pluralities of generators to handle the correct activation of the different generators in the different conditions of the memory array operation.