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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
Cheng-Hung Tsai, New Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for programming a plurality of memory cells of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises the steps of: dividing the plurality of memory cells into M number of groups (M is an integer); successively selecting each of the M number of groups; generating M number of successive overlapping pulse signals; and programming the memory cells of the M number of groups in response to the respective M number of successive overlapping pulse signals.