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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1999
Hidetoshi Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Hideo Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Naoto Tomita, Yokohama, JP;
Tokumasa Hara, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor storage device, which has an automatic write/erase function, and uses a potential obtained by boosting a power supply voltage upon write/erase, has a write division control circuit which shifts the selection timings of bit lines upon write, so as to decrease the number of bits to be written simultaneously, thereby reducing the consumption current and compensating for insufficient current supply performance of a power supply circuit in case the power supply voltage is low, and refers to the contents of erase flags upon pre-programming in erase, and erase only blocks that require erases, while, when the power supply voltage is high as the power supply voltage has a wide range or the write time is short as in an acceleration test, the number of bits to be selected at the same time is increased to prevent an increase in write/erase time.
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