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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2003
Applicant:
William H. Owen, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Inventor:
William H. Owen, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xicor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C016/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A floating gate circuit in a read mode that includes at least one floating gate and an analog feedback circuit is disclosed. The feedback circuit causes the floating gate circuit to reach a steady state condition in the read mode such that a reference voltage is generated that is a predetermined function of an input set voltage used to set the at least one floating gate. In a preferred embodiment, the reference voltage generated is approximately equal to the input set voltage.