Patent ID: 7876594

Claim:
A FLASH emulating non-volatile memory, comprising: a FLASH interface circuitry positioned in a logic plane and operative to electrically communicate with a plurality of signals configured for FLASH data operations, the plurality of signals including an address signal and at least one data signal; and a non-volatile memory array that is fabricated directly above the logic plane, is vertically positioned over the logic plane, and is in contact with the logic plane, the non-volatile memory array is electrically coupled with the FLASH interface circuitry, the non-volatile memory array including a plurality of memory elements, each memory element including two terminals and operative to store data as a plurality of conductivity profiles that can be determined by applying a read voltage across the two terminals, the data is retained in the absence of power, the data is written by applying a write voltage across the two terminals, the read voltage is less than the write voltage, and wherein the FLASH interface circuitry is operative to perform data operations on the non-volatile memory array in response to the plurality of signals and the data operations emulate FLASH data operations.