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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2002
Santosh Yachareni, San Jose, CA (US);
Kazuhiro Kurihara, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ming-Huei Shieh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Pau-Ling Chen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system to minimize page programming time for page programmable memory devices. In one embodiment, the present invention comprises program logic that programs a page programmable memory device with a plurality of words during a page programming cycle and a detector coupled to the program logic that identifies a particular word in that plurality of words which does not require programming. When the detector identifies a particular word which does not require programming, it sends an indication to the program logic component which, in response to the signal, reduces the length of the page programming cycle.