DE602006015930D1 - Löschen nichtflüchtiger speicher unter verwendung individueller überprüfung und zusätzlichen löschens von untergruppen von speicherzellen - Google Patents

Löschen nichtflüchtiger speicher unter verwendung individueller überprüfung und zusätzlichen löschens von untergruppen von speicherzellen

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DE602006015930D1
DE602006015930D1 DE602006015930T DE602006015930T DE602006015930D1 DE 602006015930 D1 DE602006015930 D1 DE 602006015930D1 DE 602006015930 T DE602006015930 T DE 602006015930T DE 602006015930 T DE602006015930 T DE 602006015930T DE 602006015930 D1 DE602006015930 D1 DE 602006015930D1
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Gerrit Hemink
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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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DE602006015930T 2005-03-31 2006-03-29 Löschen nichtflüchtiger speicher unter verwendung individueller überprüfung und zusätzlichen löschens von untergruppen von speicherzellen Active DE602006015930D1 (de)

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US66704305P 2005-03-31 2005-03-31
US11/296,055 US7403424B2 (en) 2005-03-31 2005-12-06 Erasing non-volatile memory using individual verification and additional erasing of subsets of memory cells
US11/296,028 US7400537B2 (en) 2005-03-31 2005-12-06 Systems for erasing non-volatile memory using individual verification and additional erasing of subsets of memory cells
PCT/US2006/011340 WO2006105120A1 (en) 2005-03-31 2006-03-29 Erasing non-volatile memory using individual verification and additional erasing of subsets of memory cells

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