Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nonvolatile semiconductor memory
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Application No.: US13899843Application Date: 2013-05-22
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Publication No.: US08559222B1Publication Date: 2013-10-15
- Inventor: Makoto Iwai , Hirsohi Nakamura
- Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2008-308608 20081203
- Main IPC: G11C16/04
- IPC: G11C16/04

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
- US20130250681A1 NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY Public/Granted day:2013-09-26
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