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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
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 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract
A continuous readout method of a flash memory is provided. Selected bit lines (BL, BL, BL, and BL) are masked by three non-selected bit lines when data of a cache memory (C) of a selected page of a memory cell array is read. Selected bit lines (BL, BL, BL, and BL) are masked by three non-selected bit lines when data of a cache memory (C) of the same selected page is read. In this way, each of first page data and second page data read from a plurality of selected pages is continuously outputted.