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Random access memory having flash memory

US5590073A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 21, 1994
Grant dateDec 31, 1996
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C14/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor nonvolatile memory device including first and second bit lines, a buffer memory connected to the first and second bit lines, an electrically erasable programmable nonvolatile memory connected to the first and second bit lines, a writing latch circuit to which the first and second bit lines are connected in parallel and having a differential sensor type sense amplifier, and a switching circuit for switching the nonvolatile memory and the latch circuit to a nonconnected state at the time of operation of the buffer memory and switching the buffer memory and the latch circuit to a nonconnected state at the time of a writing or erasure operation on the nonvolatile memory.

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