Patents Assigned to Catalyst Semiconductor Corporation
  • Memory array architecture for flash memory
    Patent number: 5185718
    Abstract: Disclosed is a EEPROM flash memory array utilizing single transistor cells to provide read/write nonvolatile storage. The array includes a plurality of sectors, each oriented along the word line direction, and the sectors may include one or more word lines. An erase select transistor is provided for each sector and each word line includes a pass gate transistor which assists in both the programming and the erase operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: Catalyst Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Darrell D. Rinerson, Steve K. Hsia, Christophe J. Chevallier, Chan-Sui Pang