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FR2654866B1
FR2654866B1 FR9008245A FR9008245A FR2654866B1 FR 2654866 B1 FR2654866 B1 FR 2654866B1 FR 9008245 A FR9008245 A FR 9008245A FR 9008245 A FR9008245 A FR 9008245A FR 2654866 B1 FR2654866 B1 FR 2654866B1
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FR9008245A
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FR2654866A1 (fr
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Chin S Park
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Intel Corp
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Intel Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/34—Determination of programming status, e.g. threshold voltage, overprogramming or underprogramming, retention
    • G11C16/3418—Disturbance prevention or evaluation; Refreshing of disturbed memory data
    • G11C16/3427—Circuits or methods to prevent or reduce disturbance of the state of a memory cell when neighbouring cells are read or written
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/10—Programming or data input circuits
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/26—Sensing or reading circuits; Data output circuits
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/04—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS
    • G11C16/0491—Virtual ground arrays
FR9008245A 1989-11-21 1990-06-29 Composant de memoire eprom a masse virtuelle, et procede pour sa lecture et sa programmation. Granted FR2654866A1 (fr)

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US07/439,694 US5027321A (en) 1989-11-21 1989-11-21 Apparatus and method for improved reading/programming of virtual ground EPROM arrays

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FR2654866A1 FR2654866A1 (fr) 1991-05-24
FR2654866B1 true FR2654866B1 (fr) 1995-01-06

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US (1) US5027321A (fr)
JP (1) JPH03176895A (fr)
DE (1) DE4035660C2 (fr)
FR (1) FR2654866A1 (fr)
GB (1) GB2238410B (fr)
IT (1) IT1244142B (fr)

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JPH03176895A (ja) 1991-07-31
US5027321A (en) 1991-06-25
IT9021695A1 (it) 1992-04-10
IT9021695A0 (it) 1990-10-10
IT1244142B (it) 1994-07-08
DE4035660C2 (de) 1998-02-19
FR2654866A1 (fr) 1991-05-24
GB2238410B (en) 1994-07-20
GB9005481D0 (en) 1990-05-09
DE4035660A1 (de) 1991-05-23
GB2238410A (en) 1991-05-29

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