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Flash memory with improved erasability and its circuitry

US5608670A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 8, 1995
Grant dateMar 4, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 8, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K19/215
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to improvements in erasing a flash memory. An object of the present invention is to shorten the erasing time. During pre-erase writing, at least either word lines or bit lines are selected in units of multiple lines at a time, and data are written in multiple selective transistors simultaneously.

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