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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2003
Darlene G. Hamilton, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric M. Ajimine, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ming-Huei Shieh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lee Cleveland, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Edward F. Runnion, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mark W. Randolph, San Jose, CA (US);
Sameer S. Haddad, San Jose, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of programming a memory unit having a plurality of dual cell core memory devices and at least one dual cell dynamic reference device. The memory unit is subjected to an erase configuration operation such that each cell of the core memory devices is in a blank state and such that a threshold voltage of the at least one dynamic reference device is less than a charged program level threshold voltage. Thereafter, the at least one dynamic reference and the core memory devices are programmed using a page programming routine.