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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2005
Applicants:
Andrei Mihnea, Boise, ID (US);
Chun Chen, Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Andrei Mihnea, Boise, ID (US);
Chun Chen, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for neutralizing holes in tunnel oxides of floating-gate memory cells and devices using a decrease in magnitude of a source voltage of a first polarity to increase the magnitude of a control gate voltage of a second polarity.