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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2004
Applicants:
Pavel Poplevine, Foster City, CA (US);
Yuri Mirgorodski, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrew J. Franklin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Peter J. Hopper, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Pavel Poplevine, Foster City, CA (US);
Yuri Mirgorodski, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrew J. Franklin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Peter J. Hopper, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of programming a nonvolatile memory cell in which a ramped control voltage is used to obtain the desired voltage on the storage node.