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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eduardo Maayan, Kfar Saba, IL;
Yair Sofer, Tel Aviv, IL;
Ron Eliyahu, Herzelia, IL;
Boaz Eitan, Ra'anana, IL;
Assignee:
Saifun Semiconductors Ltd., Netanya, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
An architecture and method for implementing a non-strobed operation on an array cell within a memory array in which a reference unit is provided for emulating the response of an array cell during a desired operation, for example, a read, program verify, erase verify or other types of read operations. The reference unit includes a reference cell which is driven by a non-strobed gate voltage. The architecture and method permit relatively noise-free array cell interrogations at close to ground voltage levels.