DE602005017584D1 - Ladungspaket-zählung zur grob/fein-programmierung von nichtflüchtigem speicher - Google Patents

Ladungspaket-zählung zur grob/fein-programmierung von nichtflüchtigem speicher

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DE602005017584D1
DE602005017584D1 DE602005017584T DE602005017584T DE602005017584D1 DE 602005017584 D1 DE602005017584 D1 DE 602005017584D1 DE 602005017584 T DE602005017584 T DE 602005017584T DE 602005017584 T DE602005017584 T DE 602005017584T DE 602005017584 D1 DE602005017584 D1 DE 602005017584D1
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Daniel C Guterman
Nima Mokhlesi
Yupin Fong
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    • G11C11/00—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
    • G11C11/56—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency
    • G11C11/5621—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency using charge storage in a floating gate
    • G11C11/5628—Programming or writing circuits; Data input circuits
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    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
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    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/30—Power supply circuits
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    • G11C2211/562—Multilevel memory programming aspects
    • G11C2211/5621—Multilevel programming verification
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    • G11C—STATIC STORES
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    • G11C2211/562—Multilevel memory programming aspects
    • G11C2211/5624—Concurrent multilevel programming and programming verification
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US10/766,116 US7068539B2 (en) 2004-01-27 2004-01-27 Charge packet metering for coarse/fine programming of non-volatile memory
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