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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2006
Applicant:
Nicola Telecco, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Nicola Telecco, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A programmable memory device circuit comprising a sense and programming circuit, a latch circuit, a verify circuit for coupling the latch circuit logic value to a shared indicator line, and a direct memory access circuit coupled to the verify circuit. The DMA circuit couples a bit line to the verify circuit, and the verify circuit couples the direct memory access circuit to a shared verify indicator and DMA line.