Patent ID: 7995385

Claim:
A system comprising: a program component configured to program one or more non-volatile memory (NVM) cells of an array of pairs of NVM cells using Fowler-Nordhiem (FN) tunneling; an erase component configured to erase the one or more NVM cells of the array of pairs of NVM cells using FN tunneling; and a read component configured to read the one or more NVM cells of the array of pairs of NVM cells, wherein the program component is configured to: apply one or more prohibitive electric fields to prevent charge from being stored in one or more NVM cells of the array of pairs of NVM cells; apply one or more FN electric fields to cause charge to be stored in one or more other NVM cells of the array of pairs of NVM cells; remove the one or more FN electric fields; and remove the one or more prohibitive electric fields.