Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flash memory device and erase method thereof capable of reducing power consumption
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Application No.: US15435985Application Date: 2017-02-17
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Publication No.: US09865358B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Hiroki Murakami , Kenichi Arakawa
- Applicant: Winbond Electronics Corp.
- Applicant Address: TW Taichung
- Assignee: Windbond Electronics Corp.
- Current Assignee: Windbond Electronics Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taichung
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
- Priority: JP2016-028483 20160218
- Main IPC: G11C16/04
- IPC: G11C16/04 ; G11C16/34 ; G11C16/10 ; G11C16/14 ; G11C16/26

Abstract:
Provided is a flash memory device capable of restricting power consumption in an erase operation. The invention includes a plurality of wells, a power supply device, and a coupling device. The power supply device applies erase voltages to the wells for performing an erase operation. The coupling device performs selective coupling between the wells. When performing the erase operation on the wells, the power supply device applies the erase voltage to one of the wells, and applies the erase voltage to the other one of the wells after the coupling device electrically couples the one of the wells to the other one of the wells.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170243656A1 FLASH MEMORY DEVICE AND ERASE METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2017-08-24
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