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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2003
Antonino Conte, Tremestrieri Etneo, IT;
Gianbattista Lo Giudice, Palermo, IT;
Alfredo Signorello, Belpasso, IT;
Antonino Conte, Tremestrieri Etneo, IT;
Gianbattista Lo Giudice, Palermo, IT;
Alfredo Signorello, Belpasso, IT;
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
Sensing circuitry for reading and verifying the contents of electrically programmable and erasable non-volatile memory cells, comprises a sense amplifier having a first sensing circuit portion connected to a cell to be read and provided with an output terminal for connection to a first input terminal of a comparator, and having a second reference circuit portion connected to a reference current generator and provided with an output terminal for connection to a second input terminal of said comparator, characterized in that said first and said second circuit portions comprise a series of first and second transistors, respectively, being connected between a first voltage reference and a second voltage reference and having respective points of interconnection connected to said output terminals of said first and second circuit portions.