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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Saifun Semiconductors Ltd., Netanya, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ;
Abstract
A method for programming a reference cell of a memory array includes the steps of programming the reference cell with large programming steps until a threshold voltage level of the reference cell is above an interim target level and programming said reference cell with small programming steps until the threshold voltage level is above a final target level.