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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Chun-Hsiung Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Kuen-Long Chang, Taipei, TW;
Ken-Hui Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Nai-Ping Kuo, Hsinchu, TW;
Chin-Hung Chang, Tainan, TW;
Chang-Ting Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/14 (2006.01); G11C 29/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 29/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/14 (2013.01); G11C 29/34 (2013.01); G11C 2029/2602 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nonvolatile memory array has a multiple erase procedures of different durations. A block of memory cells of the array can be erased by one of the different erase procedures.