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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
May. 11, 2005
Massimiliano Frulio, Milan, IT;
Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Segrate, IT;
Andrea Sacco, Alessandria, IT;
Luca Figini, Lomazzo, IT;
Massimiliano Frulio, Milan, IT;
Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Segrate, IT;
Andrea Sacco, Alessandria, IT;
Luca Figini, Lomazzo, IT;
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for avoiding offset in and reducing the footprint of a non-volatile memory that has a plurality of memory bank circuits. Each memory bank circuit has memory cells coupled to sense amplifiers, row and column decoders coupled to the memory cells, and bias circuits coupled to the sense amplifiers. The system includes a reference cell matrix coupled to each of the plurality of memory bank circuits. The reference cell matrix is configured to provide reference cell current for each of the plurality of memory bank circuits.