摘要:
A memory mat is provided separately from a memory mat that is a normal memory area, and data therein cannot be read from the outside. In a page buffer, information input from the outside is stored. A comparing circuit compares security information stored in memory mat with information stored in page buffer, and the comparison result is output to the outside as a status. Even when unauthorized copying is performed, information in memory mat is not copied. Therefore, an external apparatus can easily determine whether or not the semiconductor memory is an unauthorized copy by referring to the status.
摘要:
Operations of applying an erase pulse and further performing block program before erasure are executed in steps S2 and S3 before applying the erase pulse on a block by block basis. This narrows the distribution width of the threshold voltage, and reduces the number of the memory transistors to be subjected to over-erase verify so that a total erasing time of data of a flash memory can be reduced.
摘要:
Operations of applying an erase pulse and further performing block program before erasure are executed in steps S2 and S3 before applying the erase pulse on a block by block basis. This narrows the distribution width of the threshold voltage, and reduces the number of the memory transistors to be subjected to over-erase verify so that a total erasing time of data of a flash memory can be reduced.
摘要:
At the time of writing data, a tester outputs a chip enable signal /CE of the L level and selection signals of the L level to simultaneously make semiconductor memory devices active. At the time of reading data, the tester outputs the chip enable signal of the L level to the semiconductor memory devices, and selectively switches the logic level of a selection signal to be outputted to some semiconductor memory devices and that of the selection signal to be outputted to the other semiconductor memory devices to the L level. In such a manner, a number of semiconductor memory devices can be tested without increasing the number of pins of the tester.
摘要:
Erasing is performed two times for narrowing a distribution width of threshold voltages of memory cells, and reducing the number of memory transistors to be subjected to over-erase verify. The erase verify voltage for the first erasing is set more strictly than the erase verify voltage for the second erasing. The erase pulses for the second erasing can be reduced in number, and the erasing time can be further reduced.
摘要:
A voltage generation portion includes a voltage amplifier circuit, receiving a boosted potential VPP generated by a charge pump circuit to output an output potential Vout equal to a standard potential VIN. Output potentials Vout are distributed as voltages for rewriting and erasing on a flash memory via distributor. The output potential Vout can be changed faster than the boosted potential VPP generated by the charge pump circuit does.
摘要:
A memory cell array is divided into a plurality of memory cell blocks each collectively subjected to an erasing operation as a unit. A P well regions for memory cell transistors and an N well region for electrically separating the P well regions are provided. Select transistors are formed in the same P well region as the memory cell transistor connected to the corresponding sub bit line of P well regions.
摘要:
A source line of a memory array included in a flash memory is set to a 3V potential by a source line circuit, a power supply voltage of 6V is applied to a sense amplifier, and 3V is applied as the ground potential. After the setting of such potential conditions, reading of the memory array is performed. When current flows to the memory cells as a result of reading, it means that the memory cell has been erased. If the current does not flows through the memory cell, erasure pulse is applied again and every memory cell is verified.
摘要:
In the present flash memory a threshold voltage of a memory transistor to which data is written is detected and the detected value is used to set an initial value of a pulse voltage of a write pulse signal, and whenever the write pulse signal is applied, the pulse voltage is increased by a step voltage. The memory transistor's drain current and the threshold voltage's variation can be smaller than when a fixed pulse voltage is applied, as conventional.
摘要:
An external read sense amplifier for reading out a data to an outside and an internal verify sense amplifier for reading out a data for an internal operation are provided, separately from each other, to a plurality of banks. Preferably, an internal verify sense amplifier is provided for each prescribed number of memory blocks. There is provided a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device with a background operation function, having a reduced chip occupancy area.