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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ming-Hung Chou, Miaoli, TW;
Smile Huang, Tainan, TW;
Jui-Lin Lu, Hsinchu, TW;
Tung-Hwang Lin, Pingtung, TW;
Assignee:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ;
Abstract
The present invention includes methods to pre-erase non-volatile memory cells using an electrical erase signal prior to dividing a wafer into dies. Particular aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings.