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EEPROM and method for triggering the EEPROM

US6212102A · kind A · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Georg Georgakos · Fraunberg, DE
Martin Bloch · Gröbenzell, DE
Kai Kasprick · Dresden, DE
Thomas Kern · Munich, DE
Jurgen Peter · Taufkirchen, DE
Thomas Piorek · Hersbruck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 12, 1999
Grant date	Apr 3, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 12, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C16/10
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An EEPROM with two-transistor memory cells with source-side selection, and a method for triggering such a EEPROM are described. The EEPROM and the method are distinguished in that the programming voltage required to program a memory cell is delivered via a source line. As a result the EEPROM can be protected in a simple way against unintended loss of the data stored in it.

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