US Patent 7266018 Reducing sneak currents in virtual ground memory arrays

Patent 7266018 was granted and assigned to Intel on September, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Intel

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7266018

Date of Patent

September 4, 2007

Patent Application Number

11103064

Date Filed

April 11, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Michael T. Tran

Patent abstract

Sneak currents may be reduced between adjacent input/output groups in addressed memory arrays, even in the case when I/O breaks are ineffective, such as during erase verify. By providing a plurality of intervening, appropriately biased, non-addressed memory cells, a high resistance to sneak currents may be presented.