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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen N. Keeney, San Jose, CA (US);
Kerry D. Tedrow, Folsom, CA (US);
Krishna Kumar Parat, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/628 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/628 ;
Abstract
A reference voltage generator for a flash memory is described. Specifically, the memory cells used in implementing a reference voltage generator are increased in size to enable the generator to be less sensitive to temperature changes as well as device noise. The flash cells may be coupled to threshold tuning devices, which enable the threshold voltage to be easily trimmed.