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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1989
Osamu Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Yuji Nakano, Kawasaki, JP;
Isao Abe, Kawasaki, JP;
Mika Saeki, Inagi, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A non-volatile semiconductor device includes word lines, and a non-volatile memory cell array having a plurality of non-volatile memory cells respectively connected to the word lines. The non-volatile semiconductor memory device further includes a level shifter for receiving, in a programmming mode, an address signal supplied from outside, and shifting the potential level of the address signal to a higher programming potential level, and a row decoder, provided between the word lines and the level shifter, for receiving and decoding the address signal which has been shifted by the level shifter, and selecting one of the word lines in accordance with the result of the decoding of the address signal, and setting the potential of the selected word line to the programming potential level.