Patents by Inventor Pierre Canet

Pierre Canet has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of controlling an electronic non-volatile memory and associated device
    Patent number: 6829170
    Abstract: A memory cell in an EEPROM includes a floating gate transistor that includes a first conducting terminal and a control gate. A method of controlling the memory cell includes setting a state of the memory cell by simultaneously applying voltage pulses of opposite polarities respectively to the first conducting terminal and to the control gate. The voltage pulses including a first portion having a first slope and a second portion having a second slope, wherein the second slope is based upon the polarities of the voltage pulses. The method allows the amplitude of the voltage pulses to be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics SA, Laboratoire Matériaux et Microélectronique de Provence
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Mirabel, Rachid Bouchakour, Pierre Canet, Romain Laffont, Juliano Razafindramora
  • Method of controlling an electronic non-volatile memory and associated device
    Publication number: 20040057265
    Abstract: A memory cell in an EEPROM includes a floating gate transistor that includes a first conducting terminal and a control gate. A method of controlling the memory cell includes setting a state of the memory cell by simultaneously applying voltage pulses of opposite polarities respectively to the first conducting terminal and to the control gate. The voltage pulses including a first portion having a first slope and a second portion having a second slope, wherein the second slope is based upon the polarities of the voltage pulses. The method allows the amplitude of the voltage pulses to be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics SA, Laboratoire Materiaux et Microelectronique de Provence (L2MP)
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Mirabel, Rachid Bouchakour, Pierre Canet, Romain Laffont, Juliano Razafindramora