- Patent Title: Non-volatile semiconductor memory device and erasing method thereof
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Application No.: US15140509Application Date: 2016-04-28
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Publication No.: US09786376B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Pin-Yao Wang
- Applicant: Winbond Electronics Corp.
- Applicant Address: TW Taichung
- Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
- Current Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taichung
- Agency: Jianq Chyun IP Office
- Priority: JP2015-220506 20151110
- Main IPC: G11C16/16
- IPC: G11C16/16 ; G11C16/04 ; G11C16/32

Abstract:
A non-volatile semiconductor memory device achieving low power consumption and erasing method thereof is provided. The flash memory of the present invention includes a memory array formed with NAND type strings. The memory array includes a plurality of global blocks, one global block includes a plurality of blocks, and one block includes a plurality of NAND type strings. When the block of the selected global block is erased and the next block is in adjacent relationship, electric charge accumulated in one of P-wells is discharged to another one of the P-wells, and then the next selected block is erased. Thus, the electric charge is shared between the adjacent P-wells to achieve low power consumption.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170133094A1 NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND ERASING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2017-05-11
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