JPH11297860A - 半導体記憶装置 - Google Patents

半導体記憶装置

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Publication number
JPH11297860A
JPH11297860A JP10079129A JP7912998A JPH11297860A JP H11297860 A JPH11297860 A JP H11297860A JP 10079129 A JP10079129 A JP 10079129A JP 7912998 A JP7912998 A JP 7912998A JP H11297860 A JPH11297860 A JP H11297860A
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Prior art keywords
floating gate
voltage
gate
electrodes
value
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JP10079129A
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English (en)
Japanese (ja)
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JPH11297860A5 (enExample
Inventor
Toshihiro Sasai
俊博 笹井
Yoichi Nakasone
陽一 仲宗根
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NEWCORE TECHNOL Inc
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NEWCORE TECHNOL Inc
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Priority to JP10079129A priority Critical patent/JPH11297860A/ja
Priority to US09/274,493 priority patent/US6128223A/en
Publication of JPH11297860A publication Critical patent/JPH11297860A/ja
Publication of JPH11297860A5 publication Critical patent/JPH11297860A5/ja
Pending legal-status Critical Current

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    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11CSTATIC STORES
    • G11C11/00Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
    • G11C11/56Digital 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
    • G11C11/5621Digital 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
    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11CSTATIC STORES
    • G11C11/00Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
    • G11C11/56Digital 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
    • G11C11/5621Digital 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
    • G11C11/5628Programming or writing circuits; Data input circuits
    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11CSTATIC STORES
    • G11C11/00Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
    • G11C11/56Digital 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
    • G11C11/5621Digital 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
    • G11C11/5628Programming or writing circuits; Data input circuits
    • G11C11/5635Erasing circuits
    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11CSTATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/04Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS
    • G11C16/0408Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS comprising cells containing floating gate transistors
    • G11C16/0425Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS comprising cells containing floating gate transistors comprising cells containing a merged floating gate and select transistor
    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11CSTATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/10Programming or data input circuits
    • G11C16/14Circuits for erasing electrically, e.g. erase voltage switching circuits
    • G11C16/16Circuits for erasing electrically, e.g. erase voltage switching circuits for erasing blocks, e.g. arrays, words, groups

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Memories (AREA)
  • Non-Volatile Memory (AREA)
JP10079129A 1998-03-26 1998-03-26 半導体記憶装置 Pending JPH11297860A (ja)

Priority Applications (2)

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JP10079129A JPH11297860A (ja) 1998-03-26 1998-03-26 半導体記憶装置
US09/274,493 US6128223A (en) 1998-03-26 1999-03-23 Semiconductor memory device

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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JP10079129A JPH11297860A (ja) 1998-03-26 1998-03-26 半導体記憶装置

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JPH11297860A true JPH11297860A (ja) 1999-10-29
JPH11297860A5 JPH11297860A5 (enExample) 2005-07-21

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US (1) US6128223A (enExample)
JP (1) JPH11297860A (enExample)

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JP2001210733A (ja) * 1999-12-22 2001-08-03 Hyundai Electronics Ind Co Ltd マルチレベルフラッシュeepromセル及びその製造方法
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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2001210733A (ja) * 1999-12-22 2001-08-03 Hyundai Electronics Ind Co Ltd マルチレベルフラッシュeepromセル及びその製造方法
JPWO2002071494A1 (ja) * 2001-03-01 2004-07-02 ヘイロ エルエスアイ デザインアンドディヴァイス テクノロジー インコーポレイテッド キャリアトラップサイトへのホットホール注入による不揮発性メモリの消去方法
JP2006517325A (ja) * 2003-01-21 2006-07-20 ザイコー,インコーポレーテッド フローティング・ゲート・アナログ電圧フィードバック回路
JP2005347755A (ja) * 2004-06-02 2005-12-15 Macronix Internatl Co Ltd メモリーデバイスを操作する方法およびメモリーデバイス

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