DE69617762T2 - Verbesserte Lesung einer nichtflüchtigen Halbleiterspeicheranordnung - Google Patents
Verbesserte Lesung einer nichtflüchtigen HalbleiterspeicheranordnungInfo
- Publication number
- DE69617762T2 DE69617762T2 DE69617762T DE69617762T DE69617762T2 DE 69617762 T2 DE69617762 T2 DE 69617762T2 DE 69617762 T DE69617762 T DE 69617762T DE 69617762 T DE69617762 T DE 69617762T DE 69617762 T2 DE69617762 T2 DE 69617762T2
- Authority
- DE
- Germany
- Prior art keywords
- memory device
- semiconductor memory
- volatile semiconductor
- improved reading
- reading
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Lifetime
Links
- 239000004065 semiconductor Substances 0.000 title 1
Classifications
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H01L27/00—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
- H01L27/02—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers
- H01L27/04—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body
- H01L27/10—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body including a plurality of individual components in a repetitive configuration
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- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11C—STATIC STORES
- G11C11/00—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
- G11C11/56—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency
- G11C11/5621—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency using charge storage in a floating gate
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- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11C—STATIC STORES
- G11C11/00—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
- G11C11/56—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency
- G11C11/5621—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency using charge storage in a floating gate
- G11C11/5642—Sensing or reading circuits; Data output circuits
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- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11C—STATIC STORES
- G11C2211/00—Indexing scheme relating to digital stores characterized by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
- G11C2211/56—Indexing scheme relating to G11C11/56 and sub-groups for features not covered by these groups
- G11C2211/563—Multilevel memory reading aspects
- G11C2211/5631—Concurrent multilevel reading of more than one cell
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- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11C—STATIC STORES
- G11C2211/00—Indexing scheme relating to digital stores characterized by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
- G11C2211/56—Indexing scheme relating to G11C11/56 and sub-groups for features not covered by these groups
- G11C2211/563—Multilevel memory reading aspects
- G11C2211/5634—Reference cells
Landscapes
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
- Power Engineering (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
- Read Only Memory (AREA)
- Semiconductor Memories (AREA)
- Non-Volatile Memory (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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JP1542495 | 1995-02-01 | ||
JP10667995A JP3336813B2 (ja) | 1995-02-01 | 1995-04-28 | 不揮発性半導体メモリ装置 |
Publications (2)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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DE69617762D1 DE69617762D1 (de) | 2002-01-24 |
DE69617762T2 true DE69617762T2 (de) | 2002-08-08 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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DE69617762T Expired - Lifetime DE69617762T2 (de) | 1995-02-01 | 1996-01-31 | Verbesserte Lesung einer nichtflüchtigen Halbleiterspeicheranordnung |
Country Status (5)
Country | Link |
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US (1) | US5768184A (de) |
EP (1) | EP0725403B1 (de) |
JP (1) | JP3336813B2 (de) |
KR (1) | KR100379861B1 (de) |
DE (1) | DE69617762T2 (de) |
Families Citing this family (37)
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US5218569A (en) * | 1991-02-08 | 1993-06-08 | Banks Gerald J | Electrically alterable non-volatile memory with n-bits per memory cell |
US6002614A (en) | 1991-02-08 | 1999-12-14 | Btg International Inc. | Memory apparatus including programmable non-volatile multi-bit memory cell, and apparatus and method for demarcating memory states of the cell |
US7071060B1 (en) | 1996-02-28 | 2006-07-04 | Sandisk Corporation | EEPROM with split gate source side infection with sidewall spacers |
US5712180A (en) * | 1992-01-14 | 1998-01-27 | Sundisk Corporation | EEPROM with split gate source side injection |
US6222762B1 (en) * | 1992-01-14 | 2001-04-24 | Sandisk Corporation | Multi-state memory |
US6353554B1 (en) | 1995-02-27 | 2002-03-05 | Btg International Inc. | Memory apparatus including programmable non-volatile multi-bit memory cell, and apparatus and method for demarcating memory states of the cell |
WO1998006101A1 (de) * | 1996-08-01 | 1998-02-12 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Verfahren zum betrieb einer speicherzellenanordnung |
KR100486444B1 (ko) * | 1996-08-30 | 2005-06-16 | 산요덴키가부시키가이샤 | 반도체기억장치 |
US6857099B1 (en) * | 1996-09-18 | 2005-02-15 | Nippon Steel Corporation | Multilevel semiconductor memory, write/read method thereto/therefrom and storage medium storing write/read program |
US5790453A (en) * | 1996-10-24 | 1998-08-04 | Micron Quantum Devices, Inc. | Apparatus and method for reading state of multistate non-volatile memory cells |
US6078518A (en) | 1998-02-25 | 2000-06-20 | Micron Technology, Inc. | Apparatus and method for reading state of multistate non-volatile memory cells |
US5771346A (en) | 1996-10-24 | 1998-06-23 | Micron Quantum Devices, Inc. | Apparatus and method for detecting over-programming condition in multistate memory device |
US5764568A (en) * | 1996-10-24 | 1998-06-09 | Micron Quantum Devices, Inc. | Method for performing analog over-program and under-program detection for a multistate memory cell |
US5768287A (en) | 1996-10-24 | 1998-06-16 | Micron Quantum Devices, Inc. | Apparatus and method for programming multistate memory device |
JPH10283793A (ja) * | 1997-02-06 | 1998-10-23 | Sunao Shibata | 半導体回路 |
JPH10326494A (ja) * | 1997-03-24 | 1998-12-08 | Seiko Epson Corp | 半導体記憶装置 |
DE69723814D1 (de) * | 1997-05-09 | 2003-09-04 | St Microelectronics Srl | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Analogprogrammieren von nichtflüchtigen Speicherzellen, insbesondere für Flash-Speicherzellen |
GB2325546B (en) * | 1997-05-21 | 2001-10-17 | Motorola Inc | Electrically programmable memory and method of programming |
AU5600998A (en) * | 1997-11-21 | 1999-06-15 | Btg International Inc. | Memory apparatus including programmable non-volatile multi-bit memory cell, and apparatus and method for demarcating memory states of the cell |
TW420806B (en) * | 1998-03-06 | 2001-02-01 | Sanyo Electric Co | Non-volatile semiconductor memory device |
US6038166A (en) * | 1998-04-01 | 2000-03-14 | Invox Technology | High resolution multi-bit-per-cell memory |
US6567302B2 (en) | 1998-12-29 | 2003-05-20 | Micron Technology, Inc. | Method and apparatus for programming multi-state cells in a memory device |
JP3584181B2 (ja) * | 1999-05-27 | 2004-11-04 | シャープ株式会社 | 不揮発性半導体記憶装置 |
KR100673700B1 (ko) * | 2000-04-21 | 2007-01-23 | 주식회사 하이닉스반도체 | 멀티 레벨 플래시 메모리의 프로그래밍 회로 |
JP3709132B2 (ja) * | 2000-09-20 | 2005-10-19 | シャープ株式会社 | 不揮発性半導体記憶装置 |
US6584017B2 (en) * | 2001-04-05 | 2003-06-24 | Saifun Semiconductors Ltd. | Method for programming a reference cell |
TW559814B (en) * | 2001-05-31 | 2003-11-01 | Semiconductor Energy Lab | Nonvolatile memory and method of driving the same |
US6690602B1 (en) | 2002-04-08 | 2004-02-10 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | Algorithm dynamic reference programming |
JP2004022093A (ja) * | 2002-06-18 | 2004-01-22 | Toshiba Corp | 半導体記憶装置 |
US20040017693A1 (en) * | 2002-07-23 | 2004-01-29 | Tung-Cheng Kuo | Method for programming, reading, and erasing a non-volatile memory with multi-level output currents |
JP4102790B2 (ja) * | 2004-08-30 | 2008-06-18 | シャープ株式会社 | 半導体記憶装置及び電子機器 |
ITMI20042538A1 (it) * | 2004-12-29 | 2005-03-29 | Atmel Corp | Metodo e sistema per la riduzione del soft-writing in una memoria flash a livelli multipli |
JP5001578B2 (ja) * | 2005-06-30 | 2012-08-15 | ラピスセミコンダクタ株式会社 | 半導体記憶装置及び半導体記憶装置の製造方法 |
US7701779B2 (en) * | 2006-04-27 | 2010-04-20 | Sajfun Semiconductors Ltd. | Method for programming a reference cell |
US7948802B2 (en) | 2007-12-04 | 2011-05-24 | Micron Technology, Inc. | Sensing memory cells |
JP5598340B2 (ja) * | 2011-01-14 | 2014-10-01 | セイコーエプソン株式会社 | リファレンス電流発生回路、不揮発性記憶装置、集積回路装置、及び電子機器 |
US20220344357A1 (en) * | 2021-04-23 | 2022-10-27 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | Memory device, integrated circuit, and manufacturing method of memory device |
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IT1214246B (it) * | 1987-05-27 | 1990-01-10 | Sgs Microelettronica Spa | Dispositivo di memoria non volatile ad elevato numero di cicli di modifica. |
US5163021A (en) * | 1989-04-13 | 1992-11-10 | Sundisk Corporation | Multi-state EEprom read and write circuits and techniques |
US5172338B1 (en) * | 1989-04-13 | 1997-07-08 | Sandisk Corp | Multi-state eeprom read and write circuits and techniques |
US5418743A (en) * | 1992-12-07 | 1995-05-23 | Nippon Steel Corporation | Method of writing into non-volatile semiconductor memory |
US5828601A (en) * | 1993-12-01 | 1998-10-27 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | Programmed reference |
JP3397427B2 (ja) * | 1994-02-02 | 2003-04-14 | 株式会社東芝 | 半導体記憶装置 |
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1995
- 1995-04-28 JP JP10667995A patent/JP3336813B2/ja not_active Expired - Lifetime
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1996
- 1996-01-31 DE DE69617762T patent/DE69617762T2/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1996-01-31 US US08/594,437 patent/US5768184A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1996-01-31 EP EP96101368A patent/EP0725403B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1996-02-01 KR KR1019960002395A patent/KR100379861B1/ko not_active IP Right Cessation
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
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EP0725403A1 (de) | 1996-08-07 |
JP3336813B2 (ja) | 2002-10-21 |
US5768184A (en) | 1998-06-16 |
JPH08274282A (ja) | 1996-10-18 |
KR960032733A (ko) | 1996-09-17 |
DE69617762D1 (de) | 2002-01-24 |
KR100379861B1 (ko) | 2003-07-23 |
EP0725403B1 (de) | 2001-12-12 |
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