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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2001
Hung-Sui Lin, Hsin-Ying, TW;
Nian-Kai Zous, Tauyuan Hsien, TW;
Han-Chao Lai, Taichung, TW;
Tao-Cheng Lu, Kaoshiung, TW;
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method for operating a P-channel SONOS memory device that has a charge trapping layer located on a substrate, a gate electrode located on the trapping layer, two doped regions located in the substrate at each side of the charge trapping layer. The two doped regions are set to be a drain region and a source region. When a programming action is intended, the gate electrode and the drain region are applied with a first negative high-level bias, and the source region and the substrate are applied with a grounded voltage. When an erasing action is intended, the gate electrode is a second negative bias which is smaller than the first negative voltage in absolute value. In the mean time, the drain region is applied with the third negative bias and the substrate is applied with a grounded voltage. The third negative voltage is larger than the second negative bias in absolute value.