Patent · US Expired

EEPROM utilizing single transistor per cell capable of both byte erase and flash erase

US4949309A · kind A · utility

106Cited by
8References
4Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateMay 11, 1988
Grant dateAug 14, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 11, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C16/16
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An array of floating gate transistors is connected so that some of the floating gate transistors within the array can be erased without affecting the state of other floating gate transistors within the array, or in the alternative, the entire array of floating gate transistors can be erased simultaneously.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.