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US 10,020,063 · App. 15/673,512 · Granted Jul 10, 2018

Memory system performing read of nonvolatile semiconductor memory device

Inventor: Hiroyuki Nagashima (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
G11C16/26G06F11/1048G11C11/5628G11C11/5642G11C16/14G11C16/24G11C16/34G11C16/3418G06F11/3466G06F2201/88G11C16/0483
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Patent No.
US 10,020,063
App. No.
15/673,512
Granted
Jul 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, a voltage generation unit and a control unit. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having a plurality of blocks each including a plurality of memory cells, and a voltage generation unit configured to change a read level of the memory cell. The control unit controls write, read, and erase of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device. The control unit changes the read level between a start of use of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and a timing after an elapse of a time.

Claims (14)

1. A memory system comprising:

a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device including a memory cell; and

a control unit configured to set a voltage supplied to the memory cell in a read,

wherein

the control unit is configured to set a first voltage supplied to the memory cell in a first read, and

the control unit is configured to set a second voltage supplied to the memory cell in a second read after a lapse of a first standing time from the first read, the second voltage different from the first voltage.

2. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein the second voltage is higher or lower than the first voltage.

3. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein a time of the first read is different from a time of the second read.

4. The memory system of claim 3 , wherein the time of the first read is different from the time of the second read by one of changing a precharge voltage of a sense node of the memory cell and changing the number of times of sense.

5. The memory system of claim 3 , wherein a third voltage supplied to an unselected word line adjacent to a selected word line in the second read is higher than a fourth voltage supplied to the unselected word line in the first read.

6. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to set the second voltage based on a standing time and an ambient temperature in the second read.

7. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein in a case that a standing time is longer than a second time, the control unit is configured to set the second voltage lower than the first voltage.

8. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein in a case that a standing time is equal or shorter than a second time, the control unit is configured to set the second voltage higher than the first voltage.

9. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein in a case that an error is detected after the first read and the second read, the control unit is configured to perform a refresh operation.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-255314 · Nov 6, 2009 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 15343484 · Nov 4, 2016
Continuation 14565522 · Dec 10, 2014
Continuation 13462022 · May 2, 2012
Continuation PCTJP2010069608 · Nov 4, 2010
Related Publication 20170365350A1 · Dec 21, 2017
Cited By (1)
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