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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yuri Mirgorodski, San Jose, CA (US);
Pavel Poplevine, Foster City, CA (US);
Mark W. Poulter, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ;
Abstract
A split-gate flash memory array is programmed, in part, by applying a programming voltage to the row of cells that include the to-be-programmed cells, and an inhibiting voltage to the row of cells that share the same source line as the row that includes the to-be-programmed cells. The inhibiting voltage is greater than zero and less than the programming voltage.