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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2003
Applicant:
Thomas J. Davies, Jr., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventor:
Thomas J. Davies, Jr., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Described are area-efficient non-volatile memory systems. Non-volatile memory cells in these systems include only one transistor, two fewer than conventional non-volatile memory cells, and reduced interconnect. The simplicity of the memory cells reduces memory-system area, improves manufacturing yield, and consequently reduces cost. New program, erase, and read methodologies have been developed for use with the simplified memory cells.