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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:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Yu-shen Lin, Taipei, TW;
Shin-jang Shen, Changhua, TW;
Chun-hsiung Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Ho-chun Liou, Hsinchu, TW;
Shuo-nan Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Yu-Shen Lin, Taipei, TW;
Shin-Jang Shen, Changhua, TW;
Chun-Hsiung Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Ho-Chun Liou, Hsinchu, TW;
Shuo-Nan Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C016/04 ; G11C016/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for erasing a flash EEPROM. The flash EEROM includes a number of memory units. First, the flash EEPROM is pre-programmed. Second, the step of erasing the flash EEPROM is performed and the flash EEPROM is then soft-programmed. Subsequently, the final step is performed to determine if the erasing step succeeds.