A stable programming pulse generator for single power supply flash memories

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 845-851

  Tanzawa, Tom ^a   Tanaka, Tomoharu ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delay circuit; EEPROM; Flash memory; Oscillator; Pulse generator

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DELAY CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; LIMITERS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PROM;

CHARGE PUMP CIRCUIT; FLASH MEMORY; PROGRAMMING PULSE GENERATOR; VOLTAGE LIMITER;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 0031170069     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.585286     Document Type: Article

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