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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2011
Applicants:

Tomoki Higashi, Yokohama, JP;

Kazumi Tanimoto, Kamakura, JP;

Inventors:

Tomoki Higashi, Yokohama, JP;

Kazumi Tanimoto, Kamakura, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a memory cell array having a plurality of memory cells arranged therein, each of the memory cells having a charge storage layer and a control electrode; and a control unit configured to execute a write cycle multiple times, the write cycle including a write operation and a write verify operation, the write operation being an operation for applying a write pulse voltage multiple times to the control electrode selected for data write, and the write verify operation being an operation for determining whether data write is completed or not. During one time of the write operation, the control unit makes a voltage value of a finally applied write pulse voltage larger than a voltage value of an initially applied write pulse voltage.


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