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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Pavel Poplevine, Burlingame, CA (US);
Ernes Ho, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Umer Khan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Andrew J. Franklin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Pavel Poplevine, Burlingame, CA (US);
Ernes Ho, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Umer Khan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Andrew J. Franklin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An NVM cell design enables direct reading of cell output voltage to determine data stored in the cell, while providing low current consumption and a simple program sequence that utilizes reverse Fowler-Nordheim tunneling.