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Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2003
Applicants:

Kyung Joon Han, Palo Alto, CA (US);

John Mccollum, Saratoga, CA (US);

Sung-rea Kim, San Jose, CA (US);

Robert Broze, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kyung Joon Han, Palo Alto, CA (US);

John McCollum, Saratoga, CA (US);

Sung-Rea Kim, San Jose, CA (US);

Robert Broze, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Assignee:

Actel Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C011/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for providing redundancy in a floating charge trap device based programmable logic device includes the steps of sensing for a predetermined amount of stored charge in a first area of a floating trap devices in a floating trap device pair, and sensing for the predetermined amount of stored charge in a second area of the floating trap devices in the floating trap device pair when the charge in the stored charge in the first area in one of the floating trap devices is below the predetermined amount.


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