KR20100013950A - Flash memory device and method for programming thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a flash memory device and a program method thereof, wherein the drain select transistor, memory cells, and source select transistor connected between the bit line and the common source line are selected by respective drain select lines, word lines, and source select lines. And a second voltage higher than a first voltage applied when programming other memory cells during a program operation of the memory cell adjacent to the drain select transistor. A voltage generator for applying a drain selection line, a page buffer for applying a third voltage to the bit line or detecting a voltage change of the bit line, and programming other memory cells during a program operation of a memory cell adjacent to the drain select transistor. When program gold Due to a fifth voltage higher than the fourth voltage applied to the bit line voltage controller for applying to the bit line in order, it is possible to further implement a high performance flash memory device.
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The present invention relates to a flash memory device and a program method thereof, and more particularly, to a NAND flash memory device and a program method thereof.
There is an increasing demand for a nonvolatile memory device that can be electrically programmed and erased and that does not require a refresh function that rewrites data at regular intervals. Here, the program refers to an operation of writing data to a memory cell. The NAND flash memory device of the nonvolatile memory device has a large capacity because a plurality of memory cells are connected in series to form a single cell string by sharing drains or sources between adjacent cells. There is an advantage that is suitable for storing information.
1 is a circuit diagram illustrating a cell string structure of a conventional NAND
Referring to FIG. 1, a power supply voltage VCC is applied to an unselected bit line BLe connected to a
However, in the NAND type
However, all of the channel voltages of the memory cells MC0-MC31 connected to the unselected bit lines BLe to which the power supply voltage VCC is applied are boosted to a voltage higher than the power supply voltage VCC, for example, 8V. Therefore, the phenomenon of being programmed in the memory cell MC2 can be prevented.
The reason why all the channel voltages of the memory cells MC0-MC31 connected to the unselected bit line BLe to which the power supply voltage VCC is applied is boosted is as follows. That is, when the power supply voltage VCC is applied to the unselected bit line BLe and the drain select transistor DST is turned on, VCC-Vt (Vt is the threshold voltage of DST) toward the channel of the memory cells MC0-MC31. Since voltage shift occurs, the channels of the memory cells MC0-MC31 are initially charged to VCC-Vt. When the program voltage Vpgm and the pass voltage Vpass are applied, the source voltage of the drain select transistor DST is increased due to channel boosting, and the drain select transistor DST is turned off without forming a channel. That is, tunnel oxide capacitance and ONO (Oxide Nitride Oxide) layer capacitance exist between the channel of the memory cells MC0-MC31 and the control gate CG, and depletion capacitance between the channel and the bulk substrate (Si-Sub). Is present. Thus, the channel voltages of the memory cells MC0-MC31 are boosted by the coupling of these three capacitances to rise to about 8V. For this reason, even when the program voltage Vpgm is applied to the gate, the program inhibiting cell MC2 connected to the unselected bit line BLe to which the power supply voltage Vcc is applied is not programmed.
However, since the degree of boosting the channel voltage of the memory cells MC0-MC31 connected to the unselected bit line BLe may vary according to various requirements, the actual boosted channel voltage is higher than the target boosting level of 8V. Or low. That is, when the actual boosted channel voltage is lower than the target boosting level due to charge sharing, the above-described Vpgm disturb may occur in a memory cell (for example, MC31) in which the channel voltage may be formed at the lowest. have.
In addition, when the actual boosted channel voltage is higher than the target boosting level, the memory cells adjacent to the drain select transistor DST or the source select transistor SST (for example, MC0 and MC31) may be caused by gate induced drain leakage (GIDL). Hot carrier injection (HCI) may cause hot carrier injection disturbances in which data is programmed to increase the threshold voltage. This is because the drain select transistor DST or the source select transistor SST is formed with a relatively low channel voltage or no channel voltage at all, so that a large channel voltage difference between adjacent drain cells is formed.
As such, the Vpgm disturb and hot carrier injection disturbances generated by the channel voltage formed higher or lower than the target boosting level have a high probability of being concentrated when the program voltage is applied to the memory cell MC31 adjacent to the drain select line DSL. high. Therefore, during the program operation, it is important to properly maintain the channel voltage of the memory cells of the unselected bit line BLe, particularly the memory cell MC31 adjacent to the drain select line DSL.
The present invention sets a target channel voltage at which the Vpgm disturb and the hot carrier injection disturb does not occur during a program operation, and then applies the target channel voltage to the drain of the memory cell adjacent to the drain select line among the memory cells of the unselected bit line during the program operation. By forcing, the channel voltage of the memory cell adjacent to the drain select line can be maintained at the target channel voltage.
A flash memory device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a drain select transistor, memory cells, and a source select transistor connected between a bit line and a common source line and selected by respective drain select lines, word lines, and source select lines. And applying a second operating voltage to the memory cell array and a second voltage higher than a first voltage applied when programming other memory cells during a program operation of a memory cell adjacent to the drain select transistor. When programming other memory cells in a program operation of a memory cell adjacent to the voltage generator and the page buffer for applying a third voltage to the bit line or detecting a voltage change of the bit line and the drain select transistor. 1st licensed for program ban And a bit line voltage controller configured to apply a fifth voltage higher than four voltages to the bit line.
The first voltage or the third voltage may be a power supply voltage. The second voltage and the fifth voltage may be the same voltage. The second voltage or the fifth voltage may be 8V. The voltage generator may generate voltages necessary for a program operation, a read operation, or an erase operation of the memory cells according to a program command signal, a read command signal, or an erase command signal. The voltage generator may output different voltages to a drain select line according to the word line selected by the address signal during a program operation. The voltage generator may apply one of a program voltage, a pass voltage, and a turn-off voltage lower than a pass voltage and higher than a ground voltage to the memory cell array. The third voltage may be a ground voltage or a power supply voltage. The bit line voltage controller may be connected between the page buffer and the bit line. The bit line voltage controller may apply different voltages to the bit lines when a program operation of a word line adjacent to the drain select line is performed according to an address signal.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a method of programming a flash memory device includes applying a ground voltage to a selected bit line, applying a first voltage to an unselected bit line, and applying a second voltage to a drain select line; Performing a first program operation by applying a program voltage to a selected word line and applying a pass voltage to remaining word lines after applying the second voltage, applying a ground voltage to the selected bit line, Applying a third voltage higher than the first voltage to the selected bit line, applying a fourth voltage higher than the second voltage to the drain selection line, and applying the fourth voltage to be adjacent to the drain selection line. A program voltage is applied to one word line, and a pass voltage is applied to the other word lines, thereby providing a second program movement. Characterized in that it comprises the step of conducting.
The first voltage and the second voltage may be the same voltage. The first voltage or the second voltage may be a power supply voltage. The third voltage and the fourth voltage may be the same voltage. The third voltage and the fourth voltage may be 8V. A turn-off voltage lower than the pass voltage and higher than the ground voltage may be applied to the word line adjacent to the word line applying the pass voltage. The second program operation may be performed after the first program operation.
According to the flash memory device of the present invention and a program method thereof, the channel voltage of the memory cell adjacent to the drain select line among the memory cells of the unselected bit line can be maintained at an appropriate target channel voltage. As a result, Vpgm disturb and hot carrier injection disturb can be prevented from occurring in the memory cell adjacent to the drain select line among the memory cells of the unselected bit line, which may degrade the characteristics of the flash memory device during the program operation. High performance flash memory devices can be implemented.
Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below, but may be implemented in various forms, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below. In addition, those skilled in the art will understand that various embodiments are possible within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. Only this embodiment is provided to complete the disclosure of the present invention and to fully inform those skilled in the art, the scope of the present invention should be understood by the claims of the present application.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a NAND flash memory device including a bit line voltage controller according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 2, a NAND flash memory device may include a
The
Each bit line BLe and BLo is connected to a drain of the drain select transistor DST or DST 'included in each cell string. BLe represents an even bit line and BLo represents an odd bit line. In one embodiment of the present invention, BLe represents an unselected bit line during a program operation and BLo represents a selected bit line during a program operation. The common source line CSL is connected in common with the sources of the source select transistors SST or SST 'included in different cell strings.
Memory cells (eg, MC0 and MC0 ') having control gates connected to each other and sharing one word line (eg, WL0) are controlled by the corresponding word line (eg, WL0) and constitute one page. In FIG. 2, there are n pages. The number of memory cells MC0 to MCn-1 or MC0 'to MCn-1' connected in series between the drain select transistor DST or DST 'and the source select transistor SST or SST', that is, the word lines The number of WL0 to WLn-1) may exist as 16, 32, 64, etc. in consideration of the device and density.
The block
The block
The
The
The bit line voltage controller 140 is connected between the bit line BLe or BLo and the
Referring to the NAND flash memory device of the present invention described above, a program method of the NAND flash memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail as follows. The program method described below may be applied to a program method of an ISPP method or a program method implemented in an MLC element.
For example, when programming any one of the memory cells MC0 'to MCn-2' connected to a word line that is not adjacent to the drain select line DSL, the row decoder 120 may perform a program operation. The
The bit line voltage unit 140 and the
The
On the other hand, when programming the memory cell MCn-1 'connected to the word line WLn-1 adjacent to the drain select line DSL among the word lines, the voltage is applied to the drain select line DSL among the above-described voltages. The voltage and the voltage applied to the unselected bit line BLe are changed. In detail, first, when a higher target voltage (for example, 8V) is applied to the unselected bit line BLe in the bit line voltage controller 140 instead of the power supply voltage VCC and the drain select transistor DST is turned on. The channel of the memory cell MCn-1 is initially charged to 8V-Vt (Vt is a threshold voltage of the drain select transistor). When the program voltage Vpgm or the program pass voltage Vpass is applied to the memory cell MCn-1 ′ by the
On the other hand, since the turn-off voltage Viso is applied and the channels are not formed, the memory cells are not affected by the channel voltage of the memory cell MCn-1 '.
8V-Vt, which is the channel voltage of the memory cell MCn-1, is a channel voltage that can prevent the occurrence of Vpgm disturb or hot carrier injection disturbance in the memory cell MCn-1 during a program operation. The voltage condition may vary depending on the operating voltages being used. That is, the present invention is forcibly forcing the channel voltage of the memory cell MCn-1 of the unselected bit line BLe, which is most vulnerable to Vpgm disturb or hot carrier injection disturb, so that the Vpgm disturb or hot carrier injection disturb can be suppressed. Ensure that the channel voltage does not occur.
The drain select transistors DST or DST 'included in the
3 is a graph illustrating a fail rate according to a pass voltage Vpass applied to a predetermined cell string.
In the case of the cell string shown in FIG. 3, when the pass voltage Vpass is lower than the first voltage V1, Vpgm disturb may occur. When the pass voltage Vpass is higher than the second voltage V2, the hot carrier injection disturb may occur. May occur. Accordingly, the pass voltage Vpass of the cell string may be selected as a value between the first voltage V1 and the second voltage V2. In addition, when a pass voltage Vpass value selected for the predetermined cell string is selected, the channel voltage of the memory cell in which disturbances may not occur in the cell string may also be selected.
1 is a circuit diagram illustrating a cell string structure of a conventional NAND
2 is a block diagram illustrating a NAND flash memory device including a bit line voltage controller according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a graph illustrating a fail rate according to a pass voltage applied to a predetermined cell string.
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110: memory cell block 120: row decoder
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