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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:

Yoshihide Kai, Hyogo, JP;

Atsushi Ohba, Hyogo, JP;

Isao Nojiri, Hyogo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/600 ;
Abstract

In the non-volatile semiconductor memory device, for a current mirror for reading out data of a memory cell, a diode-connected transistor and a cut transistor are provided. The diode-connected transistor makes a precharged voltage level lower than a power supply voltage level. The cut transistor reduces current consumption.


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