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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2005
Ronald J. Syzdek, Austin, TX (US);
Gowrishankar L. Chindalore, Austin, TX (US);
Paul A. Ingersoll, Austin, TX (US);
Peter J. Kuhn, Austin, TX (US);
Ronald J. Syzdek, Austin, TX (US);
Gowrishankar L. Chindalore, Austin, TX (US);
Paul A. Ingersoll, Austin, TX (US);
Peter J. Kuhn, Austin, TX (US);
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method is provided which includes erasing a first plurality of non-volatile memory bit cells in a memory block comprising a third plurality of memory bit cells during an erase procedure, such that upon completion of the erase procedure, the first plurality of non-volatile memory bit cells are at an erased state. The method also includes programming a second plurality of non-volatile memory bit cells in the memory block during the erase procedure, such that the second plurality of non-volatile memory bit cells is a subset of the third plurality of non-volatile memory bit cells and upon completion of the erase procedure, the second plurality of non-volatile memory bit cells are at a programmed state.