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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
Kenichi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Takuji Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for erasing data of a nonvolatile memory includes adjusting a threshold voltage of a memory cell transistor to a first threshold voltage; adjusting the threshold voltage of the memory cell transistor to a second threshold voltage, the second threshold voltage being lower than the first threshold voltage; adjusting the threshold voltage of the memory cell transistor to a third threshold voltage, the third threshold voltage being higher than the second threshold voltage and being lower than the first threshold voltage; and adjusting the threshold voltage of the memory cell transistor to a fourth threshold voltage, the fourth threshold voltage being lower than the second threshold voltage.