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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
May. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hieu Van Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Anh Ly, San Jose, CA (US);
Thuan Vu, San Jose, CA (US);
Hung Quoc Nguyen, Fremont, CA (US);
Viet Tan Nguyen, Ho Chi Minh, VN;
Assignee:
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/28 (2006.01); G11C 8/10 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 16/32 (2006.01); G11C 29/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/30 (2013.01); G11C 8/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/28 (2013.01); G11C 5/14 (2013.01); G11C 16/32 (2013.01); G11C 29/14 (2013.01); G11C 2207/2227 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a circuit and method for low power operation in a flash memory system. In disclosed embodiments of a selection-decoding circuit path, pull-up and pull-down circuits are used to save values at certain output nodes during a power save or shut down modes, which allows the main power source to be shut down while still maintaining the values.