Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voltage reference generator for flash memory
- Patent Title (中): 用于闪存的电压基准发生器
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Application No.: US12165342Application Date: 2008-06-30
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Publication No.: US07791944B2Publication Date: 2010-09-07
- Inventor: Gerald J. Barkley
- Applicant: Gerald J. Barkley
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G11C16/06
- IPC: G11C16/06

Abstract:
There is disclosed example embodiments of flash memory including reference generators using big flash memory cells to generate flash array wordline voltages, wherein the reference voltage values can be trimmed by changing the threshold voltage of the flash cells. In addition, the inventive subject matter provides for using the matching characteristics of two source followers in closed loop and open loop to achieve fast stabilization times. Further, the temperature characteristics of the wordline voltages track the temperature characteristics of the array flash cells. Still further, the disclosed reference generators use cascoding reference generators to provide more reliability and accuracy.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090323413A1 VOLTAGE REFERENCE GENERATOR FOR FLASH MEMORY Public/Granted day:2009-12-31
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