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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Ross E. Teggatz, McKinney, TX (US);
Wayne T. Chen, Plano, TX (US);
Brett Smith, McKinney, TX (US);
Eric Blackall, Richardson, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ross E. Teggatz, McKinney, TX (US);
Wayne T. Chen, Plano, TX (US);
Brett Smith, McKinney, TX (US);
Eric Blackall, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Triune IP LLC, Richardson, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides methods for programming a floating gate. A floating gate tunneling device is used with an analog comparing device in a circuit having a floating reference node and an offset-mitigating feedback loop for iteratively programming a floating gate, or multiple floating gates.