IP Library Granted Patent US 8,289,777
Granted Patent B2
US 8,289,777 · App. 13/114,952 · Granted Oct 16, 2012

Semiconductor memory device

Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,289,777
App. No.
13/114,952
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor memory device comprises memory cells which includes a selection transistor and a memory transistor; selection gate lines coupled to a gate of the selection transistor; control gate lines coupled to the control gate of the memory transistor; source lines coupled to a source of the memory transistor; bit lines coupled to the selection transistor; a selection gate line driver circuit; a control gate line driver circuit; and a source line driver circuit, wherein the selection gate line driver circuit comprises a first transistor including a first gate insulation film and drives the selection gate line with a first driving voltage, and the control gate line driver circuit and the source line driver circuit comprises a second transistor including second gate insulation films and drives the control gate line and the source line with a boost voltage higher than the first driving voltage.

Claims (9)

1. A semiconductor memory device comprising:

a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell including a selection transistor and a memory transistor, the memory transistor coupled to the selection transistor and having a control gate;

a plurality of selection gate lines coupled to a gate of the selection transistor of the plurality of memory cells;

a plurality of control gate lines coupled to the control gate of the memory transistor of the plurality of memory cells;

a plurality of source lines coupled to a source of the memory transistor of the plurality of memory cells; and

a plurality of bit lines that intersect the plurality of selection gate lines and are coupled to the selection transistor of the plurality of memory cells,

wherein a drain current flows from the source line in the memory transistor in a programming operation and the drain current flows to the source line in the memory transistor in a read operation.

2. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 1 , wherein, during the programming operation, a programming voltage applied to the control gate line is changed from a first voltage to a second voltage higher than the first voltage and the changed programming voltage is repeatedly applied.

3. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 2 , wherein, during the programming operation, in response to the changed programming voltage, a corresponding program-verify voltage is boosted.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2015
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: SOCIONEXT INC.
Reel/Frame 035508/0637 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 26, 2011
From: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 026350/0062 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2011
From: MAWATARI, HIROSHI
To: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 026340/0298 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-051663 · Mar 3, 2008 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 12388873 · Feb 19, 2009
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