Non-volatile semiconductor memory

M Kato, T Adachi, T Tanaka, T Sasaki, H Kume… - US Patent …, 1997 - Google Patents
Each memory cell of a non-volatile semiconductor memory essentially consisting of a one-
transistor type memory cell comprising only of an MOSFET having a floating gate electrode …

Method of using source bias to increase threshold voltages and/or to correct for over-erasure of flash eproms

C Kaya, WB Holland, R Mezenner - US Patent 5,467,306, 1995 - Google Patents
US5467306A - Method of using source bias to increase threshold voltages and/or to correct for
over-erasure of flash eproms - Google Patents US5467306A - Method of using source bias to …

Non-volatile programmable memory having a buffering capability and method of operation thereof

ME Gannage, DK Wong, AA Bajwa - US Patent 5,862,099, 1999 - Google Patents
A computer System includes a computing device Such as a microcontroller and a memory
device. The memory device is illustratively a Serial device connected to the Serial port of the …

Method and apparatus for a dual power supply to embedded non-volatile memory

JM Daga - US Patent 7,120,061, 2006 - Google Patents
A charge pump is configured to receive an external voltage level and generate a high
voltage level, wherein the high voltage level is higher than the external voltage level. A …

Device and method for controlling solid-state memory system

KMJ Lofgren, JD Stai, A Gupta, RD Norman… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
A memory system includes an array of solidstate memory devices which are in
communication with and under the control of a controller module via a device bus with very …

Method for reverse programming of a flash EEPROM

WI Kinney - US Patent 5,357,463, 1994 - Google Patents
A method of erasing, programming, and verifying a flash electrically erasable programmable
read-only memory where all cells are first erased to a high threshold voltage, preferably by …

Novel monolithic, combo nonvolatile memory allowing byte, page and block write with no disturb and divided-well in the cell array using a unified cell structure and …

P Lee, FC Hsu, HY Tsao, HR Ma… - US Patent App. 12/001,647, 2008 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A novel FLASH-based EEPROM cell, decoder, and layout scheme are
disclosed to eliminate the area-consuming divided triple-well in cell array and allows byte …

Single transistor flash EPROM cell and method of operation

R Shrivastava - US Patent 5,416,738, 1995 - Google Patents
A flash EPROM memory cell array includes a plurality of flash cells arranged as a matrix of
rows in columns of said cells. Each cell includes a single transistor. For each row of flash …

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory cell with select gate

KN Ratnakumar - US Patent 6,114,724, 2000 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND EEPROM cells are nonvolatile memory cells that may be electrically
programmed, read, and erased. EEPROM cells typically include two transistors referred to …

Method for operating flash memory

MG Ahrens, AT Dejenfelt, Q Lin, RA Olah - US Patent 6,212,103, 2001 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to an electrically erasable programmable floating gate
memory, Such as flash memory or electrically erasable programmable read only memory …