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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1990
Teruhiro Harada, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a non-volatile memory device comprising a memory matrix having semiconductor memory cells arranged in rows and columns, a plurality of word lines are connected to the control gates of the semiconductor memory cells arranged in the rows and selected by a row decoder, a plurality of bit lines are connected to the sources of the semiconductor memory cells arranged in the columns and selected by a column decoder. Data lines are connected to the drains of a plurality of the semiconductor memory cells. A constant voltage application/current detect circuit applies a constant voltage to the drains of the semiconductor memory cells through the data line, and etects the current required to maintain the data line at the constant voltage.