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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2003
Applicant:
William H. Owen, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Inventor:
William H. Owen, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intersil Americas Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C016/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and circuit for setting a reference voltage in a dual floating gate circuit is disclosed. During a set mode, a first and second floating gate are programmed to different charge levels that are a function of an input set voltage capacitively coupled to the first floating gate during the set mode. During a read mode, this difference in charge level is used by the dual floating gate circuit to generate a reference voltage that is a function of the input set voltage, and is preferably equal to the input set voltage.