JP3238574B2 - 不揮発性半導体記憶装置とその消去方法 - Google Patents

不揮発性半導体記憶装置とその消去方法

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JP3238574B2
JP3238574B2 JP17672694A JP17672694A JP3238574B2 JP 3238574 B2 JP3238574 B2 JP 3238574B2 JP 17672694 A JP17672694 A JP 17672694A JP 17672694 A JP17672694 A JP 17672694A JP 3238574 B2 JP3238574 B2 JP 3238574B2
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滋 渥美
伸朗 大塚
正男 栗山
明 梅沢
博則 番場
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/34—Determination of programming status, e.g. threshold voltage, overprogramming or underprogramming, retention
    • G11C16/3404—Convergence or correction of memory cell threshold voltages; Repair or recovery of overerased or overprogrammed cells
    • G11C16/3409—Circuits or methods to recover overerased nonvolatile memory cells detected during erase verification, usually by means of a "soft" programming step
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/10—Programming or data input circuits
    • G11C16/14—Circuits for erasing electrically, e.g. erase voltage switching circuits
    • G11C16/16—Circuits for erasing electrically, e.g. erase voltage switching circuits for erasing blocks, e.g. arrays, words, groups
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/34—Determination of programming status, e.g. threshold voltage, overprogramming or underprogramming, retention
    • G11C16/3404—Convergence or correction of memory cell threshold voltages; Repair or recovery of overerased or overprogrammed cells
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/34—Determination of programming status, e.g. threshold voltage, overprogramming or underprogramming, retention
    • G11C16/3436—Arrangements for verifying correct programming or erasure
    • G11C16/344—Arrangements for verifying correct erasure or for detecting overerased cells
    • G11C16/3445—Circuits or methods to verify correct erasure of nonvolatile memory cells

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JP17672694A JP3238574B2 (ja) 1994-07-28 1994-07-28 不揮発性半導体記憶装置とその消去方法
US08/507,968 US5568419A (en) 1994-07-28 1995-07-27 Non-volatile semiconductor memory device and data erasing method therefor
KR1019950022788A KR0184093B1 (ko) 1994-07-28 1995-07-28 불휘발성 반도체 기억장치와 그 소거방법
TW084110865A TW301748B (enExample) 1994-07-28 1995-10-16

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JP3238574B2 true JP3238574B2 (ja) 2001-12-17

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