US Patent No: 7,012,838

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Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device supplying proper program potential

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Abstract

A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of blocks each having a nonvolatile memory cell array, and a program potential generating circuit which supplies a program potential to the nonvolatile memory cell array, wherein the program potential generating circuit adjusts the program potential according to a first address signal selecting one of the blocks and a second address signal indicating a position of a write-accessed memory cell in the noted one of the blocks.

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SPANSION LLCSUNNYVALE, CA1943

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kasa, Yasushi Tokyo, JP 61 839
Kato, Jyoji Kawasaki, JP 7 80

Cited Art

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FUJITSU LIMITED (1)
6,680,865 Nonvolatile memory for which program operation is optimized by controlling source potential 8 2002
 
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED (1)
6,751,133 Semiconductor memory which has reduced fluctuation of writing speed 4 2002
 
INTEL CORPORATION (1)
5,798,966 Flash memory VDS compensation techiques to reduce programming variability 55 1997
 
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA (1)
5,337,281 Non-volatile semiconductor memory device in which data can be erased on a block basis and method of erasing data on a block basis in non-volatile semiconductor memory device 38 1992

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SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. (6)
7,457,163 System for verifying non-volatile storage using different voltages 29 2006
7,440,331 Verify operation for non-volatile storage using different voltages 33 2006
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HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. (1)
7,573,768 Low voltage semiconductor memory device 1 2005

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