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Modifying or reading the number of electrons stored into the floating gate requires a big set of voltages. The high voltage (HV) system has to provide all these voltages with the desired precision, timing and granularity. On top of that, many voltages have a value greater than the NAND power supply VDD, asking for an on-chip charge pump. This chapter deals with the HV basic building blocks.
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Micheloni, R., Crippa, L. (2010). Charge pumps, voltage regulators and HV switches. In: Inside NAND Flash Memories. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9431-5_11
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