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Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2017
Applicant:

Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Osamu Nagao, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/12 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); H01L 27/115 (2017.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/12 (2013.01); G11C 11/5642 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/34 (2013.01); H01L 27/115 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having a plurality of memory cell groups, the memory cell groups including a first memory group including first memory cells, and a control circuit configured to execute a first write operation targeting the first memory cells in a first mode in which the control circuit executes at least a first programming operation on the first memory cells followed by a multiple number of first verification operations to verify the first programming operation, and then in a second mode, in which the control circuit executes a second programming operation on the first memory cells followed by a second verification operation to verify the second programming operation. A programming voltage applied during the second programming operation is less than a programming voltage applied during the first programming operation, and is adjusted based on a number of first verification operations.


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