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Non-volatile semiconductor storage device

US8203888B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 3, 2010
Grant dateJun 19, 2012
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Expiry dateSep 3, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C7/1048
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A non-volatile semiconductor storage device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of sense amplifier circuit that are configured to carry out a plurality of read cycles on a plurality of bit lines connected to those memory cells that are selected by a selected one of the word lines. During the second and subsequent read cycles, supply of a read current is ceased to those bit lines when it is determined in the preceding read cycle that a current not less than a certain determination current level flows therethrough, and the read current is supplied only to the remaining bit lines. A setup time of the bit lines in the first read cycle is set shorter than a setup time of the bit lines in the second and subsequent read cycles.

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