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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Inventor:
Jean Coignus, Grenoble, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/12 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/12 (2013.01); G11C 16/0408 (2013.01); G11C 2216/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining an optimal voltage pulse for programming a flash memory cell, the optimal voltage pulse being defined by a voltage ramp from a non-zero initial voltage level during a programming duration, wherein the method takes into account a set of parameters including a programming window target value and a drain current target value of the memory cell.