Patents Represented by Attorney William L. Flehr Hohbach Test Albritton & Herbert LLP Paradice, III
  • Patent number: 5801994
    Abstract: A memory array includes a predetermined number of rows of PMOS Flash memory cells formed in each of a plurality of n- well regions of a semiconductor substrate, where each of the n- well regions defines a page of the memory array. In some embodiments, a plurality of bit lines define columns of the memory array, where the p+ drain of each of the memory cells in a common column are coupled to an associated one of the bit lines. In other embodiments, a plurality of sub-bit lines define columns of the memory array, where the p+ drain of each of the memory cells in a common column are coupled to an associated one of the sub-bit lines, and groups of a predetermined number of the sub-bit lines are selectively coupled to associated ones of a plurality of bit lines via pass transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Programmable Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shang-De Ted Chang, Chinh D. Nguyen, Guy S. Yuen