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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Sagy Levy, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Krishnaswamy Ramkumar, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Voss, Aromas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sagy Levy, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Krishnaswamy Ramkumar, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Voss, Aromas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for programming and sensing a bi-nitride layer trapped-charge memory device in one of a first and second programmed states or one of a first and second erased states, where the first and second programmed states correspond to first and second uniform trapped charge distributions of a first charge type and the first and second erased states correspond to first and second uniform trapped charge distributions of a second charge type.