METHOD TO PROVIDE A REDUCED CONSTANT E-FIELD DURING ERASE OF EEPROMS FOR RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT - Patent 1256117

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EP 1 256 117 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	13.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/46

(21)	Application number: 00983940.8

(22)	Date of filing: 05.12.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G11C 16/14

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0033/044

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0104/5113 (21.06.2001 Gazette 2001/25)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

17.12.1999 US 172327 P
24.01.2000 US 490351

(71)	Applicant: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC.
	Sunnyvale,California 94088-3453 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	CLEVELAND, Lee Santa Clara, CA 95051 (US)

(74)	Representative: Picker, Madeline Margaret
	Brookes Batchellor102-108 Clerkenwell Road London EC1M 5SA London EC1M 5SA (GB)

(54)	METHOD TO PROVIDE A REDUCED CONSTANT E-FIELD DURING ERASE OF EEPROMS FOR RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT