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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2018
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hayato Konno, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshikazu Harada, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Kosuke Yanagidaira, Fujisawa Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Nakai, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroe Kami, Fujisawa Kanagawa, JP;
Yuko Utsunomiya, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes first, second, and third memory cells, and first, second, and third word lines that are respectively connected to gates of the first, second, and third memory cells. A control circuit executes first, second, and third read operations in response to first, second, and third command sets, respectively. The first read operation includes a first read sequence, in which the control circuit reads data by applying first to third voltages to the first word line. In the second read operation, the control circuit reads data by applying a second read voltage that is set based on a result of the first read sequence, to the second word line. In the third read operation, the control circuit reads data from the third memory cells by applying a second read voltage that is set independently of the result of the first read sequence, to the third word line.