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Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2009
Applicants:

Zhigang Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Fethi Dhaoui, Patterson, CA (US);

John Mccollum, Saratoga, CA (US);

Vidyadhara Bellippady, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Zhigang Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Fethi Dhaoui, Patterson, CA (US);

John McCollum, Saratoga, CA (US);

Vidyadhara Bellippady, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Actel Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A push-pull non-volatile memory array includes memory cells with an n-channel non-volatile pull-down transistor in series with a p-channel volatile pull-up transistor. A non-volatile transistor row line is associated with each row of the array and is coupled to the control gates of each n-channel non-volatile pull-down transistor in the row. A volatile transistor row line is associated with each row of the array and is coupled to the control gates of each p-channel volatile pull-up transistor in the row with which it is associated. A column line is associated with each column in the array and is coupled to the source of each p-channel volatile pull-up transistor in the column with which it is associated.


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