Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nonvolatile semiconductor memory including a read operation
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Application No.: US16149862Application Date: 2018-10-02
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Publication No.: US10658039B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Makoto Iwai , Hiroshi Nakamura
- Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Minato-ku
- Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Minato-ku
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@1b60c2f7
- Main IPC: G11C16/04
- IPC: G11C16/04 ; G11C11/56 ; G11C16/34 ; G11C16/26 ; G11C16/06 ; G11C16/08

Abstract:
A memory includes first and second select gate transistors, memory cells, a source line, a bit line, a selected word line which is connected to a selected memory cell as a target of a verify reading, a non-selected word line which is connected to a non-selected memory cell except the selected memory cell, a potential generating circuit for generating a selected read potential which is supplied to the selected word line, and generating a non-selected read potential larger than the selected read potential, which is supplied to the non-selected word line, and a control circuit which classifies a threshold voltage of the selected memory cell to one of three groups by verifying which area among three area which are isolated by two values does a cell current of the selected memory cell belong, when the selected read potential is a first value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190035482A1 NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY INCLUDING A READ OPERATION Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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