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本出願は、「正確なシナプスプログラミング方法」という表題で2019年11月30日に提出された米国仮出願第62/942,086号の優先権を主張する。
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- メモリアレイ内の非揮発性メモリセルをプログラミングする方法であって、
プログラミングパルスの閾時間を設定するステップと、
プログラミングされる選択されたメモリセル及び非選択メモリセルに前記閾時間まで前記プログラミングパルスを印加するステップであって、前記プログラミングパルスは、特定された範囲内で前記非選択メモリセルの変更を許容する、ステップと、
前記非選択メモリセルのチャネル領域を前記閾時間までブーストするステップと、を含み、
前記閾時間は、前記非選択メモリセルのフローティングゲートと前記非選択メモリセルのブーストされた領域との間の電圧差の絶対大きさが定義された閾値に到達するときに定義される、プログラミングする方法。 - 前記プログラミングパルスは、前記閾時間又はその近傍で接地電位に下降し始める、請求項1に記載の方法。
- 前記閾値は、前記非選択メモリセルの望まないプログラミングを防止するための前記非選択メモリセルのフローティングゲートと前記非選択メモリセルのブーストされた領域との間の最大電圧差である、請求項1に記載の方法。
- 前記プログラミングパルスは、前記選択されたメモリセルと前記非選択メモリセルとを接続するゲートラインに印加される、請求項1に記載の方法。
- 前記非選択メモリセルの前記ブーストされたチャネル領域は、基板に形成されるソース領域、ドレイン領域、及び前記非選択メモリセルのソース領域とドレイン領域との間のチャネル領域を含む、請求項1に記載の方法。
- 前記ブーストされた領域は、前記非選択メモリセルのフローティングゲート上の電圧電位によって特定の電圧レベルにブーストされる、請求項5に記載の方法。
- 前記非選択メモリセルのフローティングゲートとブーストされたノードとの間の電圧差が前記非選択メモリセルのプログラミングを抑制するのに十分に低くなるように、前記選択されたメモリセルがプログラミングされる間に、前記プログラミングパルスの電圧レベルが十分に低く設定される、請求項1に記載の方法。
- 前記プログラミングパルスの持続時間は、予め定義されたプログラミングパルスが前記閾時間又はその近傍で接地電位又はその近傍に低くなる限り、上昇の後及び下降の前に十分に長く維持される、請求項1に記載の方法。
- 前記選択されたメモリセルのプログラミングによって前記非選択メモリセルが妨害を受ける程度は、前記メモリアレイ内の前記非選択メモリセルに接続された感知増幅器回路が正確な値を出力できる範囲内に制限されるか、または減少する、請求項1に記載の方法。
- 非揮発性メモリ素子であって、
プログラミングパルスを印加する電圧信号パルス発生器と、
非揮発性メモリセルアレイとを含み、
前記電圧信号パルス発生器は、前記プログラミングパルスの閾時間を設定し、プログラミングされる選択されたメモリセル及び非選択メモリセルに前記閾時間まで前記プログラミングパルスを印加し、前記非選択メモリセルのチャネル領域を前記閾時間までブーストするように形成され、
前記閾時間は前記非選択メモリセルのフローティングゲートと前記非選択メモリセルのブーストされた領域との間の電圧差の絶対大きさが定義された閾値に到達するときに定義される非揮発性メモリ素子。
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