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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2006
Applicants:
June Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Elmhurst, Folsom, CA (US);
Inventors:
June Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Elmhurst, Folsom, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flash memory device, such as a NAND flash, is described having an array of floating gate transistor memory cells with strings of memory cells connected to respective bitlines. Structures and methods for selectively pre-charging bitlines are described.