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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Winbond Electronics Corp., Taichung, TW;
Inventors:
Makoto Senoo, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsutoshi Suito, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Taniguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sho Okabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Winbond Electronics Corp., Taichung, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/0844 (2016.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 12/0844 (2013.01); G11C 7/106 (2013.01); G06F 2212/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A continuous reading method of a flash memory is provided, including: after outputting data held in a cache memory (C) of a latch (L) of a page buffer/sensing circuit, data of the cache memory (C) of a next page is read from a memory cell array, and the read data of the cache memory (C) is held in the latch (L). After outputting data held in the cache memory (C) of the latch (L), data of the same next page of the cache memory (C) is read from the memory cell array, and the read data of the cache memory (C) is held in the latch (L).