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Nonvolatile memory, semiconductor device and method of programming to nonvolatile memory

US6567313B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 2001
Grant dateMay 20, 2003
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2216/14
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a nonvolatile memory with a shortened total write time, capable of stably writing data by making a write current constant while reducing fluctuations in a voltage generated by a booster circuit. In a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, data is determined at the time of writing operation. While skipping a bit corresponding to write data having the logic “1” (or logic “0”), writing operation to bits corresponding to write data having the logic “0” (or logic “1) is successively performed.

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