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Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device

US6154391A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 1998
Grant dateNov 28, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C16/3454
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises an electrically rewritable memory cell transistor, in which a threshold voltage of an erase state of the memory cell transistor is a negative voltage, and a distribution of a threshold voltage of a programming state of the memory cell transistor is a distribution including a negative voltage region.

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