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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2005
Applicant:
Terje Saether, Trondheim, NO;
Inventor:
Terje Saether, Trondheim, NO;
Assignee:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G01R 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A brown out detection circuit includes a sense amplifier for sensing a current level exhibited by a flash cell. Combinatorial logic is coupled to the sense amplifier for identifying a program condition of the flash cell based on the sensed current level, including a brown out condition, in order to provide a warning to avoid potential malfunction from a brown out condition.