Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Specific identifiable device – circuit – or system – With specific source of supply or bias voltage
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-13
2006-06-13
Zweizig, Jeffrey (Department: 2816)
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Specific identifiable device, circuit, or system
With specific source of supply or bias voltage
Reexamination Certificate
active
07061306
ABSTRACT:
Voltage boosters or pass circuits for generating a boosted voltage are advantageous in the decoding and programming of memory devices and, in particular, NAND flash memory devices. The boosted voltage can be used as a gate voltage for a pass gate providing programming voltages to a selected block of memory cells, such as in a NAND flash memory array. The pass circuits facilitate the elimination of high-voltage p-channel devices by providing a boosted voltage using n-channel devices. The pass circuits further permit control of multiple pass gates using a single boosted voltage source.
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Nazarian Hagop A.
Nguyen Dzung H.
Leffert Thomas W.
Leffert Jay & Polglaze PA
Micro)n Technology, Inc.
Zweizig Jeffrey
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