Programming margin

[romac_285831]

 What is programming margin in flash

[ETRO_SSN583]

There is a minimum time/voltage required to program a cell in FLASH

   

technologies, maybe its referring to additional margin over the minimums ?

   

Where did you see the reference ?

       

This might be useful -

       

http://www.cypress.com/?docID=38455

       

Regards, Dana.

[Anonymous]

In layman terms, Programming margin tells you how strongly the flash block is written. This parameter can be used to calculate the retention characteristics of a flash block.

[ETRO_SSN583]

Here is a basic reference for how FLASH works at the cell level, margins......

       

ftp://202.120.40.101/Legacy/paper/ByBook/CAAQA(4th)/~index/Pavan.1997.Flash%20memory%20cells-an%20ov...

   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory

       

Regards, Dana.