Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
- Patent Title (中): 非易失性半导体存储器件
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Application No.: US12619952Application Date: 2009-11-17
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Publication No.: US08004902B2Publication Date: 2011-08-23
- Inventor: Masakazu Amanai , Masahiko Kashimura , Yoshihiro Nagai , Masato Taki , Norihiro Honda , Kazushi Yamanaka
- Applicant: Masakazu Amanai , Masahiko Kashimura , Yoshihiro Nagai , Masato Taki , Norihiro Honda , Kazushi Yamanaka
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa JP Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation,Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation,Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa JP Aichi-ken
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2008-293225 20081117
- Main IPC: G11C16/06
- IPC: G11C16/06 ; G11C16/04 ; G11C5/14

Abstract:
A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell that stores data by presence or absence of electrons accumulated in a floating gate, a read reference current generator that generates a read reference current for reading data from the memory cell based on a constant current from a constant current generator included therein, and a read voltage generator that generates a read voltage to be applied to a control gate of the memory cell during data reading. The read reference current generator generates a monitor voltage that varies according to variation of the read reference current and a threshold voltage of the memory cell. The read voltage generator generates the read voltage based on the monitor voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100124125A1 NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2010-05-20
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