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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2006
An Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sameer Haddad, San Jose, CA (US);
Yi-ching Jean Wu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Swaroop Kaza, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
An Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sameer Haddad, San Jose, CA (US);
Yi-Ching Jean Wu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Swaroop Kaza, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Spansion LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In a first method of erasing a resistive memory device, an electrical potential is applied to the gate of a transistor in series with the resistive memory device, and successive increasing currents are provided through the resistive memory device by means of providing successive increasing electrical potentials across the resistive memory device. In a second method of erasing a resistive memory device, an electrical potential is applied across the resistive memory device, and successive increasing currents are provided through the resistive memory device by means of providing successive increasing electrical potentials to the gate of a transistor in series with the resistive memory device.