Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
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Application No.: US13149139Application Date: 2011-05-31
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Publication No.: US08537615B2Publication Date: 2013-09-17
- Inventor: Takashi Maeda
- Applicant: Takashi Maeda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-264872 20101129
- Main IPC: G11C16/04
- IPC: G11C16/04

Abstract:
When selectively erasing one sub-block, a control circuit applies, in a first sub-block, a first voltage to bit lines and a source line, and applies a second voltage smaller than the first voltage to the word lines. Then, the control circuit applies a third voltage lower than the first voltage by a certain value to a drain-side select gate line and a source-side select gate line, thereby performing the erase operation in the first sub-block. The control circuit applies, in a second sub-block existing in an identical memory block to the selected sub-block, a fourth voltage substantially identical to the first voltage to the drain side select gate line and the source side select gate line, thereby not performing the erase operation in the second sub-block.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120134210A1 NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2012-05-31
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