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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Satoru Kodaira, Chino, JP;
Hitoshi Kobayashi, Suwa, JP;
Kimihiro Maemura, Suwa-Gunhara, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nonvolatile memory device, including a plurality of memory cell blocks, N memory cell blocks (N is an integer equal to or greater than 2) being arranged in a row direction, L memory cell blocks (L is an integer equal to or greater than 2) being arranged in a column direction, and each of the memory cell blocks including M memory cells (M is an integer equal to or greater than 2), a plurality of wordlines, a plurality of first control gate lines, a plurality of first control gate switches, a plurality of second control gate lines, and a plurality of bitlines.