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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2008
Keiichirou Kikuchi, Aizuwakamatsu, JP;
Hiroaki Wada, Aizuwakamatsu, JP;
Norihiro Yamaki, Aizuwakamatsu, JP;
Keiichirou Kikuchi, Aizuwakamatsu, JP;
Hiroaki Wada, Aizuwakamatsu, JP;
Norihiro Yamaki, Aizuwakamatsu, JP;
Spansion LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a semiconductor device having a non-volatile memory cell, and a readout circuitwhich reads out data of the memory cellDATA using a first data DATAobtained by sensing a first reference level REFfor reading out the data of the memory celland a level of the memory cellCORE and using a second data DATAobtained by sensing a second reference level REFfor reading out the data of the memory celland the level of the memory cellCORE, and to a controlling method for the same.