ClassID:

199640

G11C16/3409 - CPC Classification

Classification description:

Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable; Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory; Determination of programming status, e.g. threshold voltage, overprogramming or underprogramming, retention; Convergence or correction of memory cell threshold voltages; Repair or recovery of overerased or overprogrammed cells Circuits or methods to recover overerased nonvolatile memory cells detected during erase verification, usually by means of a "soft" programming step

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