Static information storage and retrieval – Floating gate – Particular biasing
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-14
2005-06-14
Nguyen, Viet Q. (Department: 2818)
Static information storage and retrieval
Floating gate
Particular biasing
C365S205000, C365S185220, C365S185210, C365S207000, C365S189070, C365S189090
Reexamination Certificate
active
06906957
ABSTRACT:
Sensing circuitry for reading and verifying the contents of electrically programmable and erasable non-volatile memory cells, comprises a sense amplifier having a first sensing circuit portion connected to a cell to be read and provided with an output terminal for connection to a first input terminal of a comparator, and having a second reference circuit portion connected to a reference current generator and provided with an output terminal for connection to a second input terminal of said comparator, characterized in that said first and said second circuit portions comprise a series of first and second transistors, respectively, being connected between a first voltage reference and a second voltage reference and having respective points of interconnection connected to said output terminals of said first and second circuit portions.
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Conte Antonino
Giudice Gianbattista Lo
Signorello Alfredo
Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP
Jorgenson Lisa K.
Nguyen Viet Q.
Santarelli Bryan A.
STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
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