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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Takashi Kono, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Kunori, Tokyo, JP;
Hironori Iga, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In this AG-AND type flash memory, a layered bit line configuration where a memory array is divided into a plurality of sub blocks, new main bit lines are allocated so as to correspond to each sub block, and a main bit line is selectively connected to a global bit line in an upper layer via a switch is adopted, so that charge sharing write-in is carried out between two main bit lines. Accordingly, write-in of data into the flash memory can be carried out with low power consumption, and the threshold voltage can be controlled with precision.