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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2006
Applicants:
Jayant Ashokkumar, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
David W. Still, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
James D. Allan, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Inventors:
Jayant Ashokkumar, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
David W. Still, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
James D. Allan, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for programming and erasing a semiconductor memory is disclosed. More particularly, the present invention uses the bit lines of a volatile memory portion of semiconductor memory so as to program and erase the non-volatile portion of the semiconductor memory.