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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Applicant:
Soung-hoon Sim, Gwangyeok-shi, KR;
Inventor:
Soung-Hoon Sim, Gwangyeok-shi, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flash memory can operate by providing a first voltage level from a row decoder to a wordline associated with a cell of a flash memory device. An address provided to the row decoder is decoded during an erase mode operation of the flash memory. The first voltage level is increased to a second voltage level provided from the row decoder to the wordline responsive to determining that the wordline is not selected by the address during the erase mode operation.