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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Zhigang Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Fethi Dhaoui, Patterson, CA (US);
Michael Sadd, Austin, TX (US);
John Mccollum, Saratoga, CA (US);
Frank Hawley, Campbell, CA (US);
Zhigang Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Fethi Dhaoui, Patterson, CA (US);
Michael Sadd, Austin, TX (US);
John McCollum, Saratoga, CA (US);
Frank Hawley, Campbell, CA (US);
Actel Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A flash memory cell includes a p-channel flash transistor having a source, a drain, a floating gate, and a control gate, an n-channel flash transistor having a source, a drain coupled to the drain of the p-channel flash transistor, a floating gate, and a control gate, a switch transistor having a gate coupled to the drains of the p-channel flash transistor and the n-channel flash transistor, a source, and a drain, and an n-channel assist transistor having a drain coupled to the drains of the p-channel flash transistor and the n-channel flash transistor, a source coupled to a fixed potential, and a gate.