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- the present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor field, and more particularly, to a memory, and an erasing method, a programming method and a reading method thereof.
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a structural diagram of a memory cell in existing techniques.
- the memory cell includes a substrate 10 , a first control gate structure 102 , a second control gate structure 112 , a first floating gate structure 101 , a second floating gate structure 111 and a word line structure 12 that are disposed on the substrate 10 , and a first doped region 103 and a second doped region 113 disposed in the substrate 10 .
- the first floating gate structure 101 is disposed on the substrate 10 between the first doped region 103 and the word line structure 12
- the second floating gate structure 111 is disposed on the substrate 10 between the second doped region 113 and the word line structure 12 .
- the first control gate structure 102 is disposed over the first floating gate structure 101
- the second control gate structure 112 is disposed over the second floating gate structure 111 .
- FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a circuit diagram of a memory which consists of a plurality of memory cells shown in FIG. 1 .
- one column of memory cell includes three memory cells, which is taken for example to describe a connection structure of the memory.
- Memory cells in a same column are connected with two bit lines, where first doped regions of the memory cells in the same column are connected with a first bit line BL 0 , and the second doped regions of the memory cells in the same column are connected with a second bit line BL 1 .
- One end of the first bit line BL 0 is connected with a pull-up cell 20
- the other end of the first bit line BL 0 is connected with a first end of a first isolation transistor ISO 1
- a second end of the first isolation transistor ISO 1 is connected with a column decoding cell 30 .
- One end of the second bit line BL 1 is connected with the pull-up cell 20 , the other end of the second bit line BL 1 is connected with a first end of a second isolation transistor ISO 2 , and a second end of the second isolation transistor ISO 2 is connected with the column decoding cell 30 .
- a row decoding cell 40 applies voltage of 7V to 9V to the word line structure 12 which is connected with a word line WL 0 , applies voltage of ⁇ 9V to ⁇ 7V to the first control gate structure 102 which is connected with a first control line CG 0 , and applies voltage of ⁇ 9V to ⁇ 7V to the second control gate structure 112 which is connected with a second control line CG 1 .
- the pull-up cell 20 applies voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL 0 , and applies voltage of 0V to the second bit line BL 1 .
- the row decoding cell 40 applies voltage of 1.3V to 1.6V to the word line structure 12 which is connected with the word line WL 0 , applies voltage of 7V to 9V to the first control gate structure 102 which is connected with the first control line CG 0 , and applies voltage of 4V to 6V to the second control gate structure 112 which is connected with the second control line CG 1 .
- the pull-up cell 20 applies programming current to the first bit line BL 0 , and applies voltage of 5V to 6V to the second bit line BL 1 .
- the row decoding cell 40 applies voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 12 which is connected with the word line WL 0 , applies voltage of 0V to the first control gate structure 102 which is connected with the first control line CG 0 , and applies voltage of 2.5V to 5V to the second control gate structure 112 which is connected with the second control line CG 1 .
- the pull-up cell 20 applies voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL 0 , and applies voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the second bit line BL 1 .
- the first isolation transistor ISO 1 and the second isolation transistor ISO 2 having an isolation function are generally high voltage transistors, which may make the memory circuit have a relatively great size.
- size of a memory may be decreased.
- a memory including: a first bit line, a second bit line, and a memory cell, an isolation cell and a second isolation cell which are disposed in a same column, wherein the first isolation cell, the second isolation cell and the memory cell have a same structure
- the first isolation cell includes: a substrate, a first control gate structure, a second control gate structure, a first floating gate structure, a second floating gate structure and a word line structure that are disposed on the substrate, and a first doped region and a second doped region disposed in the substrate, wherein the first floating gate structure is disposed on the substrate between the first doped region and the word line structure, the second floating gate structure is disposed on the substrate between the second doped region and the word line structure, the first control gate structure is disposed over the first floating gate structure, and the second control gate structure is disposed over the second floating gate structure, wherein the first doped region of the memory cell is connected with the first bit line, the second doped region of the memory cell is connected with the second
- the memory may further include: a column decoding cell, a pull-up cell and a row decoding cell, wherein the row decoding cell is adapted to: apply voltage of 7V to 9V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell and apply voltage of ⁇ 9V to ⁇ 7V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell when a first erasing operation is performed to the first isolation cell; and apply voltage of 7V to 9V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell and apply voltage of ⁇ 9V to ⁇ 7V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell when a first erasing operation is performed to the second isolation cell, wherein the pull-up unit is adapted to: apply voltage of 0V to the first bit line when the first erasing operation is performed to the first isolation cell, and apply voltage of 0V to the second bit line when the first erasing operation is performed to the second isolation cell, and wherein the column decoding unit is adapted to: apply voltage of 0V to the connection terminal of the first isolation cell when the first
- the row decoding cell may be further adapted to: apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell and apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell when an erasing operation from a second time is performed to the first isolation cell; and apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell and apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell when an erasing operation from a second time is performed to the second isolation cell
- the pull-up unit may be further adapted to: apply voltage of 0V to the first bit line when the erasing operation from the second time is performed to the first isolation cell, and apply voltage of 0V to the second bit line when the erasing operation from the second time is performed to the second isolation cell
- the column decoding unit may be further adapted to: apply voltage of 0V to the connection terminal of the first isolation cell when the erasing operation from the second time is performed to the first isolation cell, and apply voltage
- the memory may further include: a column decoding cell, a pull-up cell and a row decoding cell, wherein the row decoding cell is adapted to: apply voltage of 0V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 1.3V to 1.6V to the word line structure of the memory cell, apply voltage of 7V to 9V to the first control gate structure of the memory cell, and apply voltage of 4V to 6V to the second control gate structure of the memory cell when a programming operation is performed to the first floating gate structure in the memory cell; and apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 0V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, wherein
- the memory may further include: a column decoding cell, a pull-up cell and a row decoding cell, wherein the row decoding cell is adapted to: apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the memory cell, apply voltage of 0V to the first control gate structure of the memory cell, and apply voltage of 2.5V to 5V to the second control gate structure of the memory cell when a reading operation is performed to the first floating gate structure in the memory cell 1 ; and adapted to apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V of 2
- the memory may include more than one first isolation cells and/or more than one second isolation cells, wherein first doped regions of the first isolation cells are connected together, second doped regions of the first isolation cells are connected together, first doped regions of the second isolation cells are connected together, and second doped regions of the second isolation cells are connected together.
- a method for erasing a memory including: performing a first erasing operation to the first isolation cell and performing a first erasing operation to the second isolation cell, wherein performing the first erasing operation to the first isolation cell includes: applying voltage of 7V to 9V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of ⁇ 9V to ⁇ 7V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the first bit line, and applying voltage of 0V to the connection terminal of the first isolation cell, and wherein performing the first erasing operation to the second isolation cell includes: applying voltage of 7V to 9V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of ⁇ 9V to ⁇ 7V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the second bit line, and applying voltage of 0V to the connection terminal of the second isolation cell.
- the method may further include: performing another erasing operation to the first isolation cell and performing another erasing operation to the second isolation cell, where performing the another erasing operation to the first isolation cell includes: applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the first bit line, and applying voltage of 0V to the connection terminal of the first isolation cell, and wherein performing the another erasing operation to the second isolation cell includes: applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the second bit line, and applying voltage of 0V to the connection terminal of the second isolation cell.
- a method for programming a memory including: performing a programming operation to the first floating gate structure of the memory cell and performing a programming operation to the second floating gate structure of the memory cell, wherein performing the programming operation to the first floating gate structure of the memory cell includes: applying voltage of 0V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, making the connection terminal of the first isolation cell be floating, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, making the connection terminal of the second isolation cell be floating, applying programming voltage idp to the first bit line, applying voltage of 5V to 6V to the second bit line, applying voltage of 1.3V to 1.6V to the word line structure of the memory cell, applying voltage of 7V to 9V to the first control gate structure of the memory cell, and applying voltage of 4V to 6V to the second control gate structure of the memory cell, and wherein performing the programming operation to the second
- a method for reading a memory including: performing a reading operation to the first floating gate structure of the memory cell and performing a reading operation to the second floating gate structure of the memory cell, wherein performing the reading operation to the first floating gate structure of the memory cell includes: applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the first bit line, applying voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the second bit line, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the memory cell, applying voltage of 0V to the first control gate structure of the memory cell, and applying voltage of 2.5V to 5V to the
- Embodiments of the present disclosure may have following advantages.
- the first isolation cell and the second isolation cell have an isolation function similar as that of existing isolation transistors, and have a same structure with the memory cell.
- the first isolation cell and the second isolation cell have much smaller size compared with the existing isolation transistors, so that an area of the memory is reduced accordingly.
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a structural diagram of a memory cell in existing techniques
- FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a circuit diagram of a memory in existing techniques
- FIG. 3 schematically illustrates a circuit diagram of a memory according to an embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 4 schematically illustrates a structural diagram of a first isolation cell according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 5 schematically illustrates a circuit diagram of a memory according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.
- a memory including a first bit line BL 0 , a second bit line BL 1 , and a memory cell 1 , a first isolation cell 21 and a second isolation cell 22 which are disposed in a same column.
- Both the first and the second isolation cells have a same structure with the memory cell 1 .
- the first isolation cell 21 includes: a substrate 20 , a first control gate structure 202 , a second control gate structure 212 , a first floating gate structure 201 , a second floating gate structure 211 and a word line structure 220 that are disposed on the substrate 20 , and a first doped region 203 and a second doped region 213 disposed in the substrate 20 .
- the first floating gate structure 201 is disposed on the substrate 20 between the first doped region 203 and the word line structure 220
- the second floating gate structure 211 is disposed on the substrate 20 between the second doped region 213 and the word line structure 220 .
- the first control gate structure 202 is disposed over the first floating gate structure 201
- the second control gate structure 212 is disposed over the second floating gate structure 211 .
- the second doped region 213 of the first isolation cell 21 is connected with the first bit line BL 0
- the first doped region 203 of the second isolation cell 22 is connected with the second bit line BL 1 .
- the first doped region 203 of the first isolation cell 21 serves as a connection terminal IBL 01 of the first isolation cell 21 , the first control gate structure 202 and the second control gate structure 212 of the first isolation cell 21 are connected together to serve as a control terminal CG 01 of the first isolation cell 21 .
- the second doped region 213 of the second isolation cell 22 serves as a connection terminal IBL 02 of the second isolation cell 22 , the first control gate structure 202 and the second control gate structure 212 of the second isolation cell 22 are connected together to serve as a control terminal CG 02 of the second isolation cell 22 .
- the first doped region 103 of the memory cell 1 is connected with the first bit line BL 0
- the second doped region 113 of the memory cell 1 is connected with the second bit line BL 1 .
- the memory may further include: a column decoding cell 50 , a pull-up cell 60 and a row decoding cell (not shown).
- the row decoding cell applies voltage to the word line structure 12 of the memory cell 1 through the first bit line WL 0 , applies voltage to the word line structure 220 of the first isolation cell 21 through the second bit line WL 01 , applies voltage to the word line structure 220 of the second isolation cell 22 through the third bit line WL 02 , applies voltage to the first control gate structure 102 of the memory cell 1 through the first control line CG 0 , applies voltage to the second control gate structure 112 of the memory cell 1 through the second control line CG 1 , applies voltage to the first control gate structure 202 and the second control gate structure 212 of the first isolation cell 21 through a third control line CG 01 (i.e., the control terminal of the first isolation cell 21 ), applies voltage to the first control gate structure 202 and the second control gate structure 212 of the second isolation cell 22 through a fourth control line CG 02 (i.e., the control terminal of the second isolation cell 22 ).
- the pull-up unit 60 applies voltage to the first bit line BL 0 and the second bit line
- the first isolation cell 21 WL01 CG01 BL0 IBL01 First erasing 7 V ⁇ 9 V ⁇ 7 V ⁇ 9 V 0 V 0 V
- the second isolation cell 22 WL02 CG02 BL1 IBL02 First erasing 7 V ⁇ 9 V ⁇ 7 V ⁇ 9 V 0 V 0 V
- the row decoding cell may be adapted to apply voltage of 7V to 9V to the word line structure 220 of the first isolation cell 21 , and apply voltage of ⁇ 9V to ⁇ 7V to the control terminal CG 01 of the first isolation cell 21 when a first erasing operation is performed to the first isolation cell 21 .
- the row decoding cell may be further adapted to apply voltage of 7V to 9V to the word line structure 220 of the second isolation cell 22 , and apply voltage of ⁇ 9V to ⁇ 7V to the control terminal CG 02 of the second isolation cell 22 when a first erasing operation is performed to the second isolation cell 22 .
- the pull-up unit 60 may be adapted to apply voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL 0 when the first erasing operation is performed to the first isolation cell 21 , and apply voltage of 0V to the second bit line BL 1 when the first erasing operation is performed to the second isolation cell 22 .
- the column decoding unit 50 may be adapted to apply voltage of 0V to the connection terminal IBL 01 of the first isolation cell 21 when the first erasing operation is performed to the first isolation cell 21 , and apply voltage of 0V to the connection terminal IBL 02 of the second isolation cell 22 when the first erasing operation is performed to the second isolation cell 22 .
- the first isolation cell 21 WL01 CG01 BL0 IBL01 Erasing from a second time 2 V ⁇ 5 V 2 V ⁇ 5 V 0 V 0 V
- the second isolation cell 22 WL02 CG02 BL1 IBL02 Erasing from a second time 2 V ⁇ 5 V 2 V ⁇ 5 V 0 V 0 V
- the row decoding cell may be further adapted to apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the first isolation cell 21 , and apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG 01 of the first isolation cell 21 when an erasing operation from a second time is performed to the first isolation cell 21 .
- the row decoding cell may be further adapted to apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the second isolation cell 22 , and apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG 02 of the second isolation cell 22 when an erasing operation from a second time is performed to the second isolation cell 22 .
- the pull-up unit 60 may be further adapted to apply voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL 0 when the erasing operation from the second time is performed to the first isolation cell 21 , and apply voltage of 0V to the second bit line BL 1 when the erasing operation from the second time is performed to the second isolation cell 22 .
- the column decoding unit 50 may be further adapted to apply voltage of 0V to the connection terminal IBL 01 of the first isolation cell 21 when the erasing operation from the second time is performed to the first isolation cell 21 , and apply voltage of 0V to the connection terminal IBL 02 of the second isolation cell 22 when the erasing operation from the second time is performed to the second isolation cell 22 .
- the erasing operation from the second time denotes to any erasing operation other than the first erasing operation.
- the first isolation cell 21 and the second isolation cell 22 also need to be erased.
- the erasing operation to the memory cell 1 , the first isolation cell 21 and the second isolation cell 22 may be performed row by row.
- the first floating gate structure 101 WL01 CG01 IBL01 WL02 CG02 IBL02 BL0 BL1 WL0 CG0 CG1 Programming 0 V 0 V floating 2 V ⁇ 5 V 0 V floating idp 5 V ⁇ 6 V 1.3 V ⁇ 1.6 V 7 V ⁇ 9 V 5 V
- the second floating gate structure 111 WL01 CG01 IBL01 WL02 CG02 IBL02 BL0 BL1 WL0 CG0 CG1 Programming 2 V ⁇ 5 V 0 V floating 0 V 0 V floating 5 V ⁇ 6 V idp 1.3 V ⁇ 1.6 V 5 V 7 V ⁇ 9 V
- the row decoding cell may be further adapted to apply voltage of 0V to the word line structure 220 of the first isolation cell 21 , apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal CG 01 of the first isolation cell 21 , apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the second isolation cell 22 , apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal CG 02 of the second isolation cell 22 , apply voltage of 1.3V to 1.6V to the word line structure 12 of the memory cell 1 , apply voltage of 7V to 9V to the first control gate structure 102 of the memory cell 1 , and apply voltage of 4V to 6V to the second control gate structure 112 of the memory cell 1 when a programming operation is performed to the first floating gate structure 101 in the memory cell 1 .
- the row decoding cell may be further adapted to apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the first isolation cell 21 , apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal CG 01 of the first isolation cell 21 , apply voltage of 0V to the word line structure 220 of the second isolation cell 22 , apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal CG 02 of the second isolation cell 22 , apply voltage of 1.3V to 1.6V to the word line structure 12 of the memory cell 1 , apply voltage of 4V to 6V to the first control gate structure 102 of the memory cell 1 , and apply voltage of 7V to 9V to the second control gate structure 112 of the memory cell 1 when a programming operation is performed to the second floating gate structure 111 in the memory cell 1 .
- the pull-up unit 60 may be further adapted to apply programming voltage idp to the first bit line BL 0 , and apply voltage of 5V to 6V to the second bit line BL 1 when the programming operation is performed to the first floating gate structure 101 in the memory cell 1 , and adapted to apply voltage of 5V to 6V to the first bit line BL 0 , and apply the programming voltage idp to the second bit line BL 1 when the programming operation is performed to the second floating gate structure 111 in the memory cell 1 .
- the programming current idp may be programming current of a memory cell that is employed in existing techniques and is not described in detail here.
- the column decoding unit 50 may be further adapted to make the connection terminal IBL 01 of the first isolation cell 21 and the connection terminal IBL 02 of the second isolation cell 22 be floating when the programming operation is performed to the first floating gate structure 101 in the memory cell 1 , and make the connection terminal IBL 01 of the first isolation cell 21 and the connection terminal IBL 02 of the second isolation cell 22 be floating when the programming operation is performed to the second floating gate structure 111 in the memory cell 1 .
- the first floating gate structure 101 WL01 CG01 IBL01 WL02 CG02 IBL02 BL0 BL1 WL0 CG0 CG1 Reading 2 V ⁇ 5 V 2 V ⁇ 5 V 0.4 V ⁇ 0.8 V 2 V ⁇ 5 V 2 V ⁇ 5 V 0.4 V ⁇ 0.8 V 0 V 0.4 ⁇ 0.8 V 2 V ⁇ 5 V 0 V 2.5 V ⁇ 5 V
- the second floating gate structure 111 WL01 CG01 IBL01 WL02 CG02 IBL02 BL0 BL1 WL0 CG0 CG1 Reading 2 V ⁇ 5 V 2 V ⁇ 5 V 0.4 V ⁇ 0.8 V 2 V ⁇ 5 V 2 V ⁇ 5 V 0.4 V ⁇ 0.8 V 0.4 ⁇ 0.8 V 0 V 2 V ⁇ 5 V 2.5 V ⁇ 5 V 0 V
- the row decoding cell may be further adapted to apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the first isolation cell 21 , apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG 01 of the first isolation cell 21 , apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the second isolation cell 22 , apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG 02 of the second isolation cell 22 , apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 12 of the memory cell 1 , apply voltage of 0V to the first control gate structure 102 of the memory cell 1 , and apply voltage of 2.5V to 5V to the second control gate structure 112 of the memory cell 1 when a reading operation is performed to the first floating gate structure 101 in the memory cell 1 .
- the row decoding cell may be further adapted to apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the first isolation cell 21 , apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG 01 of the first isolation cell 21 , apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the second isolation cell 22 , apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG 02 of the second isolation cell 22 , apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 12 of the memory cell 1 , apply voltage of 2.5V to 5V to the first control gate structure 102 of the memory cell 1 , and apply voltage of 0V to the second control gate structure 112 of the memory cell 1 when a reading operation is performed to the second floating gate structure 111 in the memory cell 1 .
- the pull-up unit 60 may be further adapted to apply voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL 0 , and apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the second bit line BL 1 when the reading operation is performed to the first floating gate structure 101 in the memory cell 1 , and adapted to apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the first bit line BL 0 , and apply voltage of 0V to the second bit line BL 1 when the reading operation is performed to the second floating gate structure 111 in the memory cell 1 .
- the column decoding unit 50 may be further adapted to apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal IBL 01 of the first isolation cell 21 and the connection terminal IBL 02 of the second isolation cell 22 when the reading operation is performed to the first floating gate structure 101 in the memory cell 1 , and apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal IBL 01 of the first isolation cell 21 and the connection terminal IBL 02 of the second isolation cell 22 when the reading operation is performed to the second floating gate structure 111 in the memory cell 1 .
- the first isolation cell 21 and the second isolation cell 22 have an isolation function similar as that of existing isolation transistors, and have much smaller size compared with the existing isolation transistors, so that an area of the memory is reduced accordingly.
- first isolation cells there are more than one first isolation cells and more than one second isolation cells.
- First doped regions of the first isolation cells are connected together, and second doped regions of the first isolation cells are connected together.
- First doped regions of the second isolation cells are connected together, and second doped regions of the second isolation cells are connected together.
- first isolation cells a first isolation cell 21 and a first isolation cell 23
- second isolation cells a second isolation cell 22 and a second isolation cell 24
- a first doped region of the first isolation cell 21 and a first doped region of the first isolation cell 23 are connected together, and a second doped region of the first isolation cell 21 and a second doped region of the first isolation cell 23 are connected together.
- a first doped region of the second isolation cell 22 and a first doped region of the second isolation cell 24 are connected together, and a second doped region of the second isolation cell 22 and a second doped region of the second isolation cell 24 are connected together.
- Voltages applied in an erasing operation, a programming operation and a reading operation to the first isolation cell 23 or the second isolation cell 24 are similar with the first isolation cell 21 or the second isolation cell 22 . More information about the first isolation cell 23 and the second isolation cell 24 can be referred to the above description of the first isolation cell 21 and the second isolation cell 22 , and is not described in detail here.
- the memory may include a plurality of columns.
- the first isolation cell array and the second isolation cell array are disposed on two sides of the memory cell array, respectively, and columns in the three arrays are disposed aligned with each other.
- a method for erasing the above memory including: performing a first erasing operation to the first isolation cell 21 and performing a first erasing operation to the second isolation cell 22 , wherein performing the first erasing operation to the first isolation cell 21 includes: applying voltage of 7V to 9V to the word line structure 220 of the first isolation cell 21 , applying voltage of ⁇ 9V to ⁇ 7V to the control terminal CG 01 of the first isolation cell 21 , applying voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL 0 , and applying voltage of 0V to the connection terminal IBL 01 of the first isolation cell 21 , and wherein performing the first erasing operation to the second isolation cell 22 includes: applying voltage of 7V to 9V to the word line structure 220 of the second isolation cell 22 , applying voltage of ⁇ 9V to ⁇ 7V to the control terminal CG 02 of the second isolation cell 22 , applying voltage of 0V to the second bit line BL 1 , and applying voltage of 0V to the connection
- the method may further include: performing another erasing operation to the first isolation cell 21 and performing another erasing operation to the second isolation cell 22 , where performing the another erasing operation to the first isolation cell 21 includes: applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the first isolation cell 21 , applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG 01 of the first isolation cell 21 , applying voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL 0 , and applying voltage of 0V to the connection terminal IBL 01 of the first isolation cell 21 , and wherein performing the another erasing operation to the second isolation cell 22 includes: applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the second isolation cell 22 , applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG 02 of the second isolation cell 22 , applying voltage of 0V to the second bit line BL 1 , and applying voltage of 0V to the connection terminal IBL 02 of the second isolation cell 22 .
- the method may further include performing an erasing operation to the memory cell 1 , wherein performing the erasing operation to the memory cell 1 includes: applying voltage of 7V to 9V to the word line structure 12 of the memory cell 1 , applying voltage of ⁇ 9V to ⁇ 7V to the first control gate structure 102 of the memory cell 1 , applying voltage of ⁇ 9V to ⁇ 7V to the second control gate structure 112 of the memory cell 1 , applying voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL 0 , and applying voltage of 0V to the second bit line BL 1 .
- a method for programming the above memory including: performing a programming operation to the first floating gate structure 101 of the memory cell 1 and performing a programming operation to the second floating gate structure 111 of the memory cell 1 , wherein performing the programming operation to the first floating gate structure 101 of the memory cell 1 includes: applying voltage of 0V to the word line structure 220 of the first isolation cell 21 , applying voltage of 0V to the control terminal CG 01 of the first isolation cell 21 , making the connection terminal IBL 01 of the first isolation cell 21 be floating, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the second isolation cell 22 , applying voltage of 0V to the control terminal CG 02 of the second isolation cell 22 , making the connection terminal IBL 02 of the second isolation cell 22 be floating, applying programming voltage idp to the first bit line BL 0 , applying voltage of 5V to 6V to the second bit line BL 1 , applying voltage of 1.3V to 1.6V to the word line structure 12 of the memory cell 1 , applying voltage of
- a method for reading the above memory including: performing a reading operation to the first floating gate structure 101 of the memory cell 1 and performing a reading operation to the second floating gate structure 111 of the memory cell 1 , wherein performing the reading operation to the first floating gate structure 101 of the memory cell 1 includes: applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the first isolation cell 21 , applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG 01 of the first isolation cell 21 , applying voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal IBL 01 of the first isolation cell 21 , applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the second isolation cell 22 , applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG 02 of the second isolation cell 22 , applying voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal IBL 02 of the second isolation cell 22 , applying voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL 0 , applying voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the second bit line BL 1 , applying
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- The present application claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 201410854986.9, filed on Dec. 30, 2014, and entitled “MEMORY, AND ERASING METHOD, PROGRAMMING METHOD AND READING METHOD THEREOF”, and the entire disclosures of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor field, and more particularly, to a memory, and an erasing method, a programming method and a reading method thereof.
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FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a structural diagram of a memory cell in existing techniques. Referring toFIG. 1 , the memory cell includes asubstrate 10, a firstcontrol gate structure 102, a secondcontrol gate structure 112, a firstfloating gate structure 101, a secondfloating gate structure 111 and aword line structure 12 that are disposed on thesubstrate 10, and a firstdoped region 103 and a seconddoped region 113 disposed in thesubstrate 10. - The first
floating gate structure 101 is disposed on thesubstrate 10 between the firstdoped region 103 and theword line structure 12, and the secondfloating gate structure 111 is disposed on thesubstrate 10 between the seconddoped region 113 and theword line structure 12. The firstcontrol gate structure 102 is disposed over the firstfloating gate structure 101, and the secondcontrol gate structure 112 is disposed over the secondfloating gate structure 111. -
FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a circuit diagram of a memory which consists of a plurality of memory cells shown inFIG. 1 . In the memory, one column of memory cell includes three memory cells, which is taken for example to describe a connection structure of the memory. - Memory cells in a same column are connected with two bit lines, where first doped regions of the memory cells in the same column are connected with a first bit line BL0, and the second doped regions of the memory cells in the same column are connected with a second bit line BL1. One end of the first bit line BL0 is connected with a pull-up
cell 20, the other end of the first bit line BL0 is connected with a first end of a first isolation transistor ISO1, and a second end of the first isolation transistor ISO1 is connected with acolumn decoding cell 30. One end of the second bit line BL1 is connected with the pull-upcell 20, the other end of the second bit line BL1 is connected with a first end of a second isolation transistor ISO2, and a second end of the second isolation transistor ISO2 is connected with thecolumn decoding cell 30. - Hereinafter, an erasing operation to the memory cells, and programming and reading operations of the first floating
gate structure 101 are taken for examples to describe operation voltages in detail. - When the erasing operation is performed, a
row decoding cell 40 applies voltage of 7V to 9V to theword line structure 12 which is connected with a word line WL0, applies voltage of −9V to −7V to the firstcontrol gate structure 102 which is connected with a first control line CG0, and applies voltage of −9V to −7V to the secondcontrol gate structure 112 which is connected with a second control line CG1. The pull-upcell 20 applies voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL0, and applies voltage of 0V to the second bit line BL1. - When the programming operation is performed, the
row decoding cell 40 applies voltage of 1.3V to 1.6V to theword line structure 12 which is connected with the word line WL0, applies voltage of 7V to 9V to the firstcontrol gate structure 102 which is connected with the first control line CG0, and applies voltage of 4V to 6V to the secondcontrol gate structure 112 which is connected with the second control line CG1. The pull-upcell 20 applies programming current to the first bit line BL0, and applies voltage of 5V to 6V to the second bit line BL1. - When the reading operation is performed, the
row decoding cell 40 applies voltage of 2V to 5V to theword line structure 12 which is connected with the word line WL0, applies voltage of 0V to the firstcontrol gate structure 102 which is connected with the first control line CG0, and applies voltage of 2.5V to 5V to the secondcontrol gate structure 112 which is connected with the second control line CG1. The pull-upcell 20 applies voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL0, and applies voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the second bit line BL1. - In the above memory, the first isolation transistor ISO1 and the second isolation transistor ISO2 having an isolation function are generally high voltage transistors, which may make the memory circuit have a relatively great size.
- In embodiments of the present disclosure, size of a memory may be decreased.
- In an embodiment, a memory is provided, including: a first bit line, a second bit line, and a memory cell, an isolation cell and a second isolation cell which are disposed in a same column, wherein the first isolation cell, the second isolation cell and the memory cell have a same structure, wherein the first isolation cell includes: a substrate, a first control gate structure, a second control gate structure, a first floating gate structure, a second floating gate structure and a word line structure that are disposed on the substrate, and a first doped region and a second doped region disposed in the substrate, wherein the first floating gate structure is disposed on the substrate between the first doped region and the word line structure, the second floating gate structure is disposed on the substrate between the second doped region and the word line structure, the first control gate structure is disposed over the first floating gate structure, and the second control gate structure is disposed over the second floating gate structure, wherein the first doped region of the memory cell is connected with the first bit line, the second doped region of the memory cell is connected with the second bit line, the second doped region of the first isolation cell is connected with the first bit line, and the first doped region of the second isolation cell is connected with the second bit line, and wherein the first doped region of the first isolation cell serves as a connection terminal of the first isolation cell, the first control gate structure and the second control gate structure of the first isolation cell are connected together to serve as a control terminal of the first isolation cell, the second doped region of the second isolation cell serves as a connection terminal of the second isolation cell, the first control gate structure and the second control gate structure of the second isolation cell are connected together to serve as a control terminal of the second isolation cell.
- Optionally, the memory may further include: a column decoding cell, a pull-up cell and a row decoding cell, wherein the row decoding cell is adapted to: apply voltage of 7V to 9V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell and apply voltage of −9V to −7V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell when a first erasing operation is performed to the first isolation cell; and apply voltage of 7V to 9V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell and apply voltage of −9V to −7V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell when a first erasing operation is performed to the second isolation cell, wherein the pull-up unit is adapted to: apply voltage of 0V to the first bit line when the first erasing operation is performed to the first isolation cell, and apply voltage of 0V to the second bit line when the first erasing operation is performed to the second isolation cell, and wherein the column decoding unit is adapted to: apply voltage of 0V to the connection terminal of the first isolation cell when the first erasing operation is performed to the first isolation cell, and apply voltage of 0V to the connection terminal of the second isolation cell when the first erasing operation is performed to the second isolation cell.
- Optionally, the row decoding cell may be further adapted to: apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell and apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell when an erasing operation from a second time is performed to the first isolation cell; and apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell and apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell when an erasing operation from a second time is performed to the second isolation cell, wherein the pull-up unit may be further adapted to: apply voltage of 0V to the first bit line when the erasing operation from the second time is performed to the first isolation cell, and apply voltage of 0V to the second bit line when the erasing operation from the second time is performed to the second isolation cell, and wherein the column decoding unit may be further adapted to: apply voltage of 0V to the connection terminal of the first isolation cell when the erasing operation from the second time is performed to the first isolation cell, and apply voltage of 0V to the connection terminal of the second isolation cell when the erasing operation from the second time is performed to the second isolation cell.
- Optionally, the memory may further include: a column decoding cell, a pull-up cell and a row decoding cell, wherein the row decoding cell is adapted to: apply voltage of 0V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 1.3V to 1.6V to the word line structure of the memory cell, apply voltage of 7V to 9V to the first control gate structure of the memory cell, and apply voltage of 4V to 6V to the second control gate structure of the memory cell when a programming operation is performed to the first floating gate structure in the memory cell; and apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 0V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 1.3V to 1.6V to the word line structure of the memory cell, apply voltage of 4V to 6V to the first control gate structure of the memory cell, and apply voltage of 7V to 9V to the second control gate structure of the memory cell when a programming operation is performed to the second floating gate structure in the memory cell, wherein the pull-up unit is adapted to: apply programming voltage idp to the first bit line, and apply voltage of 5V to 6V to the second bit line when the programming operation is performed to the first floating gate structure in the memory cell, and adapted to apply voltage of 5V to 6V to the first bit line, and apply the programming voltage idp to the second bit line when the programming operation is performed to the second floating gate structure in the memory cell, and wherein the column decoding unit is further adapted to: make the connection terminal of the first isolation cell and the connection terminal of the second isolation cell be floating when the programming operation is performed to the first floating gate structure in the memory cell, and make the connection terminal of the first isolation cell and the connection terminal of the second isolation cell be floating when the programming operation is performed to the second floating gate structure in the memory cell.
- Optionally, the memory may further include: a column decoding cell, a pull-up cell and a row decoding cell, wherein the row decoding cell is adapted to: apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the memory cell, apply voltage of 0V to the first control gate structure of the memory cell, and apply voltage of 2.5V to 5V to the second control gate structure of the memory cell when a reading operation is performed to the first floating gate structure in the
memory cell 1; and adapted to apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the memory cell, apply voltage of 2.5V to 5V to the first control gate structure of the memory cell, and apply voltage of 0V to the second control gate structure of the memory cell when a reading operation is performed to the second floating gate structure in the memory cell, wherein the pull-up unit is adapted to: apply voltage of 0V to the first bit line, and apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the second bit line when the reading operation is performed to the first floating gate structure in the memory cell, and adapted to apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the first bit line, and apply voltage of 0V to the second bit line when the reading operation is performed to the second floating gate structure in the memory cell, and wherein the column decoding unit is adapted to: apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal of the first isolation cell and the connection terminal of the second isolation cell when the reading operation is performed to the first floating gate structure in the memory cell, and apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal of the first isolation cell and the connection terminal of the second isolation cell when the reading operation is performed to the second floating gate structure in the memory cell. - Optionally, the memory may include more than one first isolation cells and/or more than one second isolation cells, wherein first doped regions of the first isolation cells are connected together, second doped regions of the first isolation cells are connected together, first doped regions of the second isolation cells are connected together, and second doped regions of the second isolation cells are connected together.
- In an embodiment, a method for erasing a memory is provided, including: performing a first erasing operation to the first isolation cell and performing a first erasing operation to the second isolation cell, wherein performing the first erasing operation to the first isolation cell includes: applying voltage of 7V to 9V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of −9V to −7V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the first bit line, and applying voltage of 0V to the connection terminal of the first isolation cell, and wherein performing the first erasing operation to the second isolation cell includes: applying voltage of 7V to 9V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of −9V to −7V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the second bit line, and applying voltage of 0V to the connection terminal of the second isolation cell.
- Optionally, the method may further include: performing another erasing operation to the first isolation cell and performing another erasing operation to the second isolation cell, where performing the another erasing operation to the first isolation cell includes: applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the first bit line, and applying voltage of 0V to the connection terminal of the first isolation cell, and wherein performing the another erasing operation to the second isolation cell includes: applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the second bit line, and applying voltage of 0V to the connection terminal of the second isolation cell.
- In an embodiment, a method for programming a memory is provided, including: performing a programming operation to the first floating gate structure of the memory cell and performing a programming operation to the second floating gate structure of the memory cell, wherein performing the programming operation to the first floating gate structure of the memory cell includes: applying voltage of 0V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, making the connection terminal of the first isolation cell be floating, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, making the connection terminal of the second isolation cell be floating, applying programming voltage idp to the first bit line, applying voltage of 5V to 6V to the second bit line, applying voltage of 1.3V to 1.6V to the word line structure of the memory cell, applying voltage of 7V to 9V to the first control gate structure of the memory cell, and applying voltage of 4V to 6V to the second control gate structure of the memory cell, and wherein performing the programming operation to the second floating gate structure of the memory cell includes: applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, making the connection terminal of the first isolation cell be floating, applying voltage of 0V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, making the connection terminal of the second isolation cell be floating, applying voltage of 5V to 6V to the first bit line, applying the programming voltage idp to the second bit line, applying voltage of 1.3V to 1.6V to the word line structure of the memory cell, applying voltage of 4V to 6V to the first control gate structure of the memory cell, and applying voltage of 7V to 9V to the second control gate structure of the memory cell.
- In an embodiment, a method for reading a memory is provided, including: performing a reading operation to the first floating gate structure of the memory cell and performing a reading operation to the second floating gate structure of the memory cell, wherein performing the reading operation to the first floating gate structure of the memory cell includes: applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal of the first isolation cell, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal of the second isolation cell, applying voltage of 0V to the first bit line, applying voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the second bit line, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the memory cell, applying voltage of 0V to the first control gate structure of the memory cell, and applying voltage of 2.5V to 5V to the second control gate structure of the memory cell, and wherein performing the reading operation to the second floating gate structure of the memory cell includes: apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal of the first isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal of the second isolation cell, apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the first bit line, apply voltage of 0V to the second bit line, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure of the memory cell, apply voltage of 2.5V to 5V to the first control gate structure of the memory cell, and apply voltage of 0V to the second control gate structure of the memory cell.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure may have following advantages. The first isolation cell and the second isolation cell have an isolation function similar as that of existing isolation transistors, and have a same structure with the memory cell. Besides, the first isolation cell and the second isolation cell have much smaller size compared with the existing isolation transistors, so that an area of the memory is reduced accordingly.
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FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a structural diagram of a memory cell in existing techniques; -
FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a circuit diagram of a memory in existing techniques; -
FIG. 3 schematically illustrates a circuit diagram of a memory according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 4 schematically illustrates a structural diagram of a first isolation cell according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and -
FIG. 5 schematically illustrates a circuit diagram of a memory according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. - In order to clarify the objects, characteristics and advantages of the disclosure, embodiments of present disclosure will be described in detail in conjunction with accompanying drawings.
- Referring to
FIG. 3 , in an embodiment, a memory is provided, including a first bit line BL0, a second bit line BL1, and amemory cell 1, afirst isolation cell 21 and asecond isolation cell 22 which are disposed in a same column. - Both the first and the second isolation cells have a same structure with the
memory cell 1. Here, take thefirst isolation cell 21 for example. Referring toFIG. 4 , similar with the memory cell described in background, thefirst isolation cell 21 includes: asubstrate 20, a firstcontrol gate structure 202, a secondcontrol gate structure 212, a firstfloating gate structure 201, a secondfloating gate structure 211 and aword line structure 220 that are disposed on thesubstrate 20, and a firstdoped region 203 and a seconddoped region 213 disposed in thesubstrate 20. - The first
floating gate structure 201 is disposed on thesubstrate 20 between the firstdoped region 203 and theword line structure 220, and the secondfloating gate structure 211 is disposed on thesubstrate 20 between the seconddoped region 213 and theword line structure 220. The firstcontrol gate structure 202 is disposed over the firstfloating gate structure 201, and the secondcontrol gate structure 212 is disposed over the secondfloating gate structure 211. - Referring to
FIGS. 3 and 4 , the seconddoped region 213 of thefirst isolation cell 21 is connected with the first bit line BL0, and the firstdoped region 203 of thesecond isolation cell 22 is connected with the second bit line BL1. - The first
doped region 203 of thefirst isolation cell 21 serves as a connection terminal IBL01 of thefirst isolation cell 21, the firstcontrol gate structure 202 and the secondcontrol gate structure 212 of thefirst isolation cell 21 are connected together to serve as a control terminal CG01 of thefirst isolation cell 21. - The second doped
region 213 of thesecond isolation cell 22 serves as a connection terminal IBL02 of thesecond isolation cell 22, the firstcontrol gate structure 202 and the secondcontrol gate structure 212 of thesecond isolation cell 22 are connected together to serve as a control terminal CG02 of thesecond isolation cell 22. - Referring to
FIGS. 3 and 1 , the firstdoped region 103 of thememory cell 1 is connected with the first bit line BL0, the seconddoped region 113 of thememory cell 1 is connected with the second bit line BL1. - In some embodiments, the memory may further include: a
column decoding cell 50, a pull-upcell 60 and a row decoding cell (not shown). - In some embodiments, the row decoding cell applies voltage to the
word line structure 12 of thememory cell 1 through the first bit line WL0, applies voltage to theword line structure 220 of thefirst isolation cell 21 through the second bit line WL01, applies voltage to theword line structure 220 of thesecond isolation cell 22 through the third bit line WL02, applies voltage to the firstcontrol gate structure 102 of thememory cell 1 through the first control line CG0, applies voltage to the secondcontrol gate structure 112 of thememory cell 1 through the second control line CG1, applies voltage to the firstcontrol gate structure 202 and the secondcontrol gate structure 212 of thefirst isolation cell 21 through a third control line CG01 (i.e., the control terminal of the first isolation cell 21), applies voltage to the firstcontrol gate structure 202 and the secondcontrol gate structure 212 of thesecond isolation cell 22 through a fourth control line CG02 (i.e., the control terminal of the second isolation cell 22). The pull-upunit 60 applies voltage to the first bit line BL0 and the second bit line BL1. Thecolumn decoding unit 50 applies voltage to the connection terminal IBL01 of thefirst isolation cell 21 and the connection terminal IBL02 of thesecond isolation cell 22. -
TABLE 1 The first isolation cell 21WL01 CG01 BL0 IBL01 First erasing 7 V~9 V −7 V~−9 V 0 V 0 V The second isolation cell 22WL02 CG02 BL1 IBL02 First erasing 7 V~9 V −7 V~−9 V 0 V 0 V - From Table 1, the row decoding cell may be adapted to apply voltage of 7V to 9V to the
word line structure 220 of thefirst isolation cell 21, and apply voltage of −9V to −7V to the control terminal CG01 of thefirst isolation cell 21 when a first erasing operation is performed to thefirst isolation cell 21. Besides, the row decoding cell may be further adapted to apply voltage of 7V to 9V to theword line structure 220 of thesecond isolation cell 22, and apply voltage of −9V to −7V to the control terminal CG02 of thesecond isolation cell 22 when a first erasing operation is performed to thesecond isolation cell 22. - Referring to Table 1, the pull-
up unit 60 may be adapted to apply voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL0 when the first erasing operation is performed to thefirst isolation cell 21, and apply voltage of 0V to the second bit line BL1 when the first erasing operation is performed to thesecond isolation cell 22. - Still referring to Table 1, the
column decoding unit 50 may be adapted to apply voltage of 0V to the connection terminal IBL01 of thefirst isolation cell 21 when the first erasing operation is performed to thefirst isolation cell 21, and apply voltage of 0V to the connection terminal IBL02 of thesecond isolation cell 22 when the first erasing operation is performed to thesecond isolation cell 22. -
TABLE 2 The first isolation cell 21WL01 CG01 BL0 IBL01 Erasing from a second time 2 V~5 V 2 V~5 V 0 V 0 V The second isolation cell 22WL02 CG02 BL1 IBL02 Erasing from a second time 2 V~5 V 2 V~5 V 0 V 0 V - From Table 2, the row decoding cell may be further adapted to apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the
word line structure 220 of thefirst isolation cell 21, and apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG01 of thefirst isolation cell 21 when an erasing operation from a second time is performed to thefirst isolation cell 21. Besides, the row decoding cell may be further adapted to apply voltage of 2V to 5V to theword line structure 220 of thesecond isolation cell 22, and apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG02 of thesecond isolation cell 22 when an erasing operation from a second time is performed to thesecond isolation cell 22. - Referring to Table 2, the pull-up
unit 60 may be further adapted to apply voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL0 when the erasing operation from the second time is performed to thefirst isolation cell 21, and apply voltage of 0V to the second bit line BL1 when the erasing operation from the second time is performed to thesecond isolation cell 22. - Still referring to Table 2, the
column decoding unit 50 may be further adapted to apply voltage of 0V to the connection terminal IBL01 of thefirst isolation cell 21 when the erasing operation from the second time is performed to thefirst isolation cell 21, and apply voltage of 0V to the connection terminal IBL02 of thesecond isolation cell 22 when the erasing operation from the second time is performed to thesecond isolation cell 22. - The erasing operation from the second time denotes to any erasing operation other than the first erasing operation. In the above embodiments, as having a same structure with the
memory cell 1, thefirst isolation cell 21 and thesecond isolation cell 22 also need to be erased. In some embodiments, the erasing operation to thememory cell 1, thefirst isolation cell 21 and thesecond isolation cell 22 may be performed row by row. - In some embodiments, when a programming operation or a reading operation is performed to the
memory cell 1, voltages applied to thefirst isolation cell 21 and thesecond isolation cell 22 are shown in Table 3. -
TABLE 3 The first floating gate structure 101WL01 CG01 IBL01 WL02 CG02 IBL02 BL0 BL1 WL0 CG0 CG1 Programming 0 V 0 V floating 2 V~5 V 0 V floating idp 5 V~6 V 1.3 V~1.6 V 7 V~9 V 5 V The second floating gate structure 111WL01 CG01 IBL01 WL02 CG02 IBL02 BL0 BL1 WL0 CG0 CG1 Programming 2 V~5 V 0 V floating 0 V 0 V floating 5 V~6 V idp 1.3 V~1.6 V 5 V 7 V~9 V - From Table 3, the row decoding cell may be further adapted to apply voltage of 0V to the
word line structure 220 of thefirst isolation cell 21, apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal CG01 of thefirst isolation cell 21, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to theword line structure 220 of thesecond isolation cell 22, apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal CG02 of thesecond isolation cell 22, apply voltage of 1.3V to 1.6V to theword line structure 12 of thememory cell 1, apply voltage of 7V to 9V to the firstcontrol gate structure 102 of thememory cell 1, and apply voltage of 4V to 6V to the secondcontrol gate structure 112 of thememory cell 1 when a programming operation is performed to the first floatinggate structure 101 in thememory cell 1. Besides, the row decoding cell may be further adapted to apply voltage of 2V to 5V to theword line structure 220 of thefirst isolation cell 21, apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal CG01 of thefirst isolation cell 21, apply voltage of 0V to theword line structure 220 of thesecond isolation cell 22, apply voltage of 0V to the control terminal CG02 of thesecond isolation cell 22, apply voltage of 1.3V to 1.6V to theword line structure 12 of thememory cell 1, apply voltage of 4V to 6V to the firstcontrol gate structure 102 of thememory cell 1, and apply voltage of 7V to 9V to the secondcontrol gate structure 112 of thememory cell 1 when a programming operation is performed to the second floatinggate structure 111 in thememory cell 1. - Referring to Table 3, the pull-up
unit 60 may be further adapted to apply programming voltage idp to the first bit line BL0, and apply voltage of 5V to 6V to the second bit line BL1 when the programming operation is performed to the first floatinggate structure 101 in thememory cell 1, and adapted to apply voltage of 5V to 6V to the first bit line BL0, and apply the programming voltage idp to the second bit line BL1 when the programming operation is performed to the second floatinggate structure 111 in thememory cell 1. The programming current idp may be programming current of a memory cell that is employed in existing techniques and is not described in detail here. - Still referring to Table 3, the
column decoding unit 50 may be further adapted to make the connection terminal IBL01 of thefirst isolation cell 21 and the connection terminal IBL02 of thesecond isolation cell 22 be floating when the programming operation is performed to the first floatinggate structure 101 in thememory cell 1, and make the connection terminal IBL01 of thefirst isolation cell 21 and the connection terminal IBL02 of thesecond isolation cell 22 be floating when the programming operation is performed to the second floatinggate structure 111 in thememory cell 1. -
TABLE 4 The first floating gate structure 101WL01 CG01 IBL01 WL02 CG02 IBL02 BL0 BL1 WL0 CG0 CG1 Reading 2 V~5 V 2 V~5 V 0.4 V~0.8 V 2 V~5 V 2 V~5 V 0.4 V~0.8 V 0 V 0.4~0.8 V 2 V~5 V 0 V 2.5 V~5 V The second floating gate structure 111WL01 CG01 IBL01 WL02 CG02 IBL02 BL0 BL1 WL0 CG0 CG1 Reading 2 V~5 V 2 V~5 V 0.4 V~0.8 V 2 V~5 V 2 V~5 V 0.4 V~0.8 V 0.4~0.8 V 0 V 2 V~5 V 2.5 V~5 V 0 V - From Table 4, the row decoding cell may be further adapted to apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the
word line structure 220 of thefirst isolation cell 21, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG01 of thefirst isolation cell 21, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to theword line structure 220 of thesecond isolation cell 22, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG02 of thesecond isolation cell 22, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to theword line structure 12 of thememory cell 1, apply voltage of 0V to the firstcontrol gate structure 102 of thememory cell 1, and apply voltage of 2.5V to 5V to the secondcontrol gate structure 112 of thememory cell 1 when a reading operation is performed to the first floatinggate structure 101 in thememory cell 1. Besides, the row decoding cell may be further adapted to apply voltage of 2V to 5V to theword line structure 220 of thefirst isolation cell 21, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG01 of thefirst isolation cell 21, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to theword line structure 220 of thesecond isolation cell 22, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG02 of thesecond isolation cell 22, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to theword line structure 12 of thememory cell 1, apply voltage of 2.5V to 5V to the firstcontrol gate structure 102 of thememory cell 1, and apply voltage of 0V to the secondcontrol gate structure 112 of thememory cell 1 when a reading operation is performed to the second floatinggate structure 111 in thememory cell 1. - Referring to Table 4, the pull-up
unit 60 may be further adapted to apply voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL0, and apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the second bit line BL1 when the reading operation is performed to the first floatinggate structure 101 in thememory cell 1, and adapted to apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the first bit line BL0, and apply voltage of 0V to the second bit line BL1 when the reading operation is performed to the second floatinggate structure 111 in thememory cell 1. - Still referring to Table 4, the
column decoding unit 50 may be further adapted to apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal IBL01 of thefirst isolation cell 21 and the connection terminal IBL02 of thesecond isolation cell 22 when the reading operation is performed to the first floatinggate structure 101 in thememory cell 1, and apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal IBL01 of thefirst isolation cell 21 and the connection terminal IBL02 of thesecond isolation cell 22 when the reading operation is performed to the second floatinggate structure 111 in thememory cell 1. - In the above operations, the
first isolation cell 21 and thesecond isolation cell 22 have an isolation function similar as that of existing isolation transistors, and have much smaller size compared with the existing isolation transistors, so that an area of the memory is reduced accordingly. - In some embodiments, there are more than one first isolation cells and more than one second isolation cells. First doped regions of the first isolation cells are connected together, and second doped regions of the first isolation cells are connected together. First doped regions of the second isolation cells are connected together, and second doped regions of the second isolation cells are connected together.
- Referring to
FIG. 5 , two first isolation cells (afirst isolation cell 21 and a first isolation cell 23) and two second isolation cells (asecond isolation cell 22 and a second isolation cell 24) are illustrated. A first doped region of thefirst isolation cell 21 and a first doped region of thefirst isolation cell 23 are connected together, and a second doped region of thefirst isolation cell 21 and a second doped region of thefirst isolation cell 23 are connected together. A first doped region of thesecond isolation cell 22 and a first doped region of thesecond isolation cell 24 are connected together, and a second doped region of thesecond isolation cell 22 and a second doped region of thesecond isolation cell 24 are connected together. Voltages applied in an erasing operation, a programming operation and a reading operation to thefirst isolation cell 23 or thesecond isolation cell 24 are similar with thefirst isolation cell 21 or thesecond isolation cell 22. More information about thefirst isolation cell 23 and thesecond isolation cell 24 can be referred to the above description of thefirst isolation cell 21 and thesecond isolation cell 22, and is not described in detail here. - In above embodiments, connections of the memory cell, the first isolation cell and the second isolation cell in the same column, the first bit line and the second bit lines are described. Besides, the erasing operation, the programming operation and the reading operation to the memory are also described. In practice, the memory may include a plurality of columns. In some embodiments, M-by-N (M rows and N columns) memory cells constitute a memory cell array, where M>=1, N>=1. m-by-N (m rows and N columns) first isolation cells constitute a first isolation cell array, where m>=1. n-by-N (n rows and N columns) second isolation cells constitute a second isolation cell array, where n>=1. On the column direction, the first isolation cell array and the second isolation cell array are disposed on two sides of the memory cell array, respectively, and columns in the three arrays are disposed aligned with each other.
- In an embodiment, a method for erasing the above memory is provided, including: performing a first erasing operation to the
first isolation cell 21 and performing a first erasing operation to thesecond isolation cell 22, wherein performing the first erasing operation to thefirst isolation cell 21 includes: applying voltage of 7V to 9V to theword line structure 220 of thefirst isolation cell 21, applying voltage of −9V to −7V to the control terminal CG01 of thefirst isolation cell 21, applying voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL0, and applying voltage of 0V to the connection terminal IBL01 of thefirst isolation cell 21, and wherein performing the first erasing operation to thesecond isolation cell 22 includes: applying voltage of 7V to 9V to theword line structure 220 of thesecond isolation cell 22, applying voltage of −9V to −7V to the control terminal CG02 of thesecond isolation cell 22, applying voltage of 0V to the second bit line BL1, and applying voltage of 0V to the connection terminal IBL02 of thesecond isolation cell 22. - In some embodiments, the method may further include: performing another erasing operation to the
first isolation cell 21 and performing another erasing operation to thesecond isolation cell 22, where performing the another erasing operation to thefirst isolation cell 21 includes: applying voltage of 2V to 5V to theword line structure 220 of thefirst isolation cell 21, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG01 of thefirst isolation cell 21, applying voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL0, and applying voltage of 0V to the connection terminal IBL01 of thefirst isolation cell 21, and wherein performing the another erasing operation to thesecond isolation cell 22 includes: applying voltage of 2V to 5V to theword line structure 220 of thesecond isolation cell 22, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG02 of thesecond isolation cell 22, applying voltage of 0V to the second bit line BL1, and applying voltage of 0V to the connection terminal IBL02 of thesecond isolation cell 22. - In some embodiments, the method may further include performing an erasing operation to the
memory cell 1, wherein performing the erasing operation to thememory cell 1 includes: applying voltage of 7V to 9V to theword line structure 12 of thememory cell 1, applying voltage of −9V to −7V to the firstcontrol gate structure 102 of thememory cell 1, applying voltage of −9V to −7V to the secondcontrol gate structure 112 of thememory cell 1, applying voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL0, and applying voltage of 0V to the second bit line BL1. - In an embodiment, a method for programming the above memory is provided, including: performing a programming operation to the first floating gate structure 101 of the memory cell 1 and performing a programming operation to the second floating gate structure 111 of the memory cell 1, wherein performing the programming operation to the first floating gate structure 101 of the memory cell 1 includes: applying voltage of 0V to the word line structure 220 of the first isolation cell 21, applying voltage of 0V to the control terminal CG01 of the first isolation cell 21, making the connection terminal IBL01 of the first isolation cell 21 be floating, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the second isolation cell 22, applying voltage of 0V to the control terminal CG02 of the second isolation cell 22, making the connection terminal IBL02 of the second isolation cell 22 be floating, applying programming voltage idp to the first bit line BL0, applying voltage of 5V to 6V to the second bit line BL1, applying voltage of 1.3V to 1.6V to the word line structure 12 of the memory cell 1, applying voltage of 7V to 9V to the first control gate structure 102 of the memory cell 1, and applying voltage of 4V to 6V to the second control gate structure 112 of the memory cell 1, and wherein performing the programming operation to the second floating gate structure 111 of the memory cell 1 includes: applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the first isolation cell 21, applying voltage of 0V to the control terminal CG01 of the first isolation cell 21, making the connection terminal IBL01 of the first isolation cell 21 be floating, applying voltage of 0V to the word line structure 220 of the second isolation cell 22, applying voltage of 0V to the control terminal CG02 of the second isolation cell 22, making the connection terminal IBL02 of the second isolation cell 22 be floating, applying voltage of 5V to 6V to the first bit line BL0, applying the programming voltage idp to the second bit line BL1, applying voltage of 1.3V to 1.6V to the word line structure 12 of the memory cell 1, applying voltage of 4V to 6V to the first control gate structure 102 of the memory cell 1, and applying voltage of 7V to 9V to the second control gate structure 112 of the memory cell.
- In an embodiment, a method for reading the above memory is provided, including: performing a reading operation to the first floating gate structure 101 of the memory cell 1 and performing a reading operation to the second floating gate structure 111 of the memory cell 1, wherein performing the reading operation to the first floating gate structure 101 of the memory cell 1 includes: applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the first isolation cell 21, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG01 of the first isolation cell 21, applying voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal IBL01 of the first isolation cell 21, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the second isolation cell 22, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG02 of the second isolation cell 22, applying voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal IBL02 of the second isolation cell 22, applying voltage of 0V to the first bit line BL0, applying voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the second bit line BL1, applying voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 12 of the memory cell 1, applying voltage of 0V to the first control gate structure 102 of the memory cell 1, and applying voltage of 2.5V to 5V to the second control gate structure 112 of the memory cell 1, and wherein performing the reading operation to the second floating gate structure 111 of the memory cell 1 includes: apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the first isolation cell 21, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG01 of the first isolation cell 21, apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal IBL01 of the first isolation cell 21, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 220 of the second isolation cell 22, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the control terminal CG02 of the second isolation cell 22, apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the connection terminal IBL02 of the second isolation cell 22, apply voltage of 0.4V to 0.8V to the first bit line BL0, apply voltage of 0V to the second bit line BL1, apply voltage of 2V to 5V to the word line structure 12 of the memory cell 1, apply voltage of 2.5V to 5V to the first control gate structure 102 of the memory cell 1, and apply voltage of 0V to the second control gate structure 112 of the memory cell 1.
- Although the present disclosure has been disclosed above with reference to preferred embodiments thereof, it should be understood that the disclosure is presented by way of example only, and not limitation. Those skilled in the art can modify and vary the embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure is subject to the scope defined by the claims.
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