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7391663 Structure and method for measuring the channel boosting voltage of NAND flash memory at a node between drain/source select transistor and adjacent flash memory cell  
Provided is a structure for testing a NAND flash memory including a string select transistor, a source select transistor, flash memory cells connected in series between the string select transistor...
7385867 Memory device and operating method thereof  
A method of operating a memory device adapted for determining a program/erase state of a memory cell in the memory device. The method includes applying a drain operation voltage to a drain of the...
7382646 Memory architecture containing a high density memory array of semi-volatile or non-volatile memory elements  
An architecture, and its method of formation and operation, containing a high density memory array of semi-volatile or non-volatile memory elements, including, but not limited to, programmable...
7376013 Compact virtual ground diffusion programmable ROM array architecture, system and method  
A compact, shared source line and bit line architecture for a diffusion programmable ROM. In one embodiment, a ROM circuit or instance includes a plurality of storage cells organized as an array...
7372736 Monolithic, combo nonvolatile memory allowing byte, page and block write with no disturb and divided-well in the cell array using a unified cell structure and technology with a new scheme of decoder and layout  
A nonvolatile memory array has a single transistor flash memory cell and a two transistor EEPROM memory cell which maybe integrated on the same substrate. The nonvolatile memory cell has a floating...
7366033 3-level non-volatile semiconductor memory device and method of driving the same  
A page buffer for a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes a switch configured to couple a first bitline coupled to a first memory cell to a second bitline coupled to a second memory...
7366015 Semiconductor integrated circuit device, production and operation method thereof  
A semiconductor integrated device having a plurality of memory cells, each including a floating gate, a control gate and an auxiliary gate formed over a side surface of the floating gate through an...
7359239 Non-volatile memory device having uniform programming speed  
Flash memory devices having a cell string structure. According to the present invention, the size of a first group of memory cells connected to a first word line and a second group of memory cells...
7359228 Semiconductor memory device capable of realizing a chip with high operation reliability and high yield  
A semiconductor memory device capable of preventing a defect caused by lowering the etching precision in an end area of the memory cell array is provided. A first block is constructed by first...
7355914 Methods and apparatuses for a sense amplifier  
Various apparatuses and methods in which a sense amplifier circuit couples to a current source to provide current for the sense amplifier circuit and also couples to one or more memory cells to...
7352618 Multi-level cell memory device and associated read method  
A NOR flash memory device comprises a memory cell adapted to store at least two bits of data. A read operation is performed on the memory cell by generating a reference current with a first...
7352601 USB flash memory device  
A memory device for interconnection with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Series A type receptacle of an electronic device includes a housing wherein the housing is largely rectangular, with the width...
7349251 Integrated memory circuit arrangement  
A memory circuit arrangement includes a switching element per column that can be used to connect or disconnect two bit lines for memory cells of a column. The switching element leads to a reduction...
7342829 Memory device and method for operating a memory device  
A memory device ( 1 ) includes a memory array ( 2 ). The memory array ( 2 ) has at least one memory area ( 5 ) that includes a plurality of conductive lines ( 3 ) and a plurality of memory cells (...
7342828 Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device  
In a nonvolatile memory cell, a selection transistor is connected to a memory cell transistor in series. The selection transistor is formed into a double layer gate structure, and has a voltage of...
7342826 Semiconductor device  
The read speed of an on-chip nonvolatile memory enabling electric rewrite is increased. The nonvolatile memory has a hierarchal bit line structure having first bit lines specific to each of a...
7339827 Non-volatile semiconductor memory device and writing method thereof  
In connection with rise and fall of a word line bias, the present invention adopts a procedure such that a diffusion region voltage Vs on a memory transistor side is changed, and after the voltage...
7339826 Threshold voltage shift in NROM cells  
An NROM (nitride read only memory) cell, which is programmed by channel hot electron injection and erased by hot hole injection, includes a charge trapping structure formed of: a bottom oxide...
7339825 Nonvolatile semiconductor memory with write global bit lines and read global bit lines  
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory is capable of dual and triple operation with a small chip size. A plurality of sectors is formed. Each sector has nonvolatile memory cells, local bit lines...
7339820 Nonvolatile memory and semiconductor device  
A nonvolatile memory capable of acting at each 1 bit and having a high integration density. A small-sized semiconductor device of multiple high functions having such nonvolatile memory. The...
7339231 Semiconductor device and an integrated circuit card  
There is provided a technology capable of enhancing reliability in rewrite of storage information in a nonvolatile memory while checking an increase in area of a memory array thereof. With a memory...
7336098 High speed memory modules utilizing on-pin capacitors  
Apparatus and method for producing memory modules having a plurality of branches connected to a memory bus, each branch containing at least one dynamic random access memory (DRAM) device or SDRAM...
7327607 Method and apparatus for operating nonvolatile memory cells in a series arrangement  
A memory cell with a charge storage structure is read by measuring current between the substrate region of the memory cell and one of the current carrying nodes of the memory cell. The read...
7324378 Method of driving a program operation in a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device  
In an embodiment, a method of driving a program operation in a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device is operable without discharging a bitline connected to a memory cell to be programmed between...
7319618 Low-k spacer structure for flash memory  
A flash memory cell includes a silicon substrate having a main surface, a source region in a portion of the silicon substrate proximate the main surface and a drain region in a portion of the...
7319611 Bitline transistor architecture for flash memory  
A memory array includes a buried diffusion region, a first source line that supplies electrical power to the buried diffusion region, a second source line that supplies electrical power to the...
7317631 Method for reading Uniform Channel Program (UCP) flash memory cells  
A flash memory cell can be read by selecting a local bit line. A read potential is applied to a memory cell transistor associated with the local bit line thereby generating a capacitive loading of...
7315482 Memory device with a plurality of reference cells on a bit line  
In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a memory device comprises an array of memory cells arranged into word lines and bit lines, with a sense amplifier and a plurality of reference...
7315474 Non-volatile memory cells, memory arrays including the same and methods of operating cells and arrays  
Memory cells comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a source region and a drain region disposed below a surface of the substrate and separated by a channel region; a tunnel dielectric...
7315472 Non-volatile memory device  
A non-volatile memory device may include a plurality of memory blocks including memory cells connected in series to bit lines, respectively. Each of the plurality of memory blocks may include a...
7313025 Flash memory erase verification systems and methods  
Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide improved verification of flash memory erasure. For example, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an integrated circuit...
7313021 Nonvolatile memory circuit  
A nonvolatile memory circuit includes a flip-flop to degrade an internal circuit irreversibly based on a voltage applied to a first or second bit line so as to latch data in a nonvolatile manner, a...
7312503 Semiconductor memory device including MOS transistors each having a floating gate and a control gate  
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of local bit lines, a global bit line, a first switch element, and a holding circuit. The memory cell includes first...
7310267 NAND flash memory device and method of manufacturing and operating the same  
A NAND flash memory device, and more particularly, to NAND flash memory device and method of manufacturing operating the same as described. A dielectric film and a conduction layer are formed...
7307880 One time programming memory cell using MOS device  
An electroless plating apparatus is provided. The electroless plating apparatus includes a wafer holder; a chemical dispensing nozzle over the wafer holder; a conduit connected to the chemical...
7307879 Nonvolatile memory device, and its manufacturing method  
On a channel region enclosed by a pair of diffusion layers 13 A, 13 B, a first insulating layer 15 , a charge accumulative layer 17 , and a second insulating layer 19 are stacked up in this...
7301811 Cost efficient nonvolatile SRAM cell  
A cost efficient nonvolatile memory cell may include an inverter, an access gate coupled to the inverter for controlling access to the memory cell, and a control gate. The inverter may include a...
7289362 Erasable and programmable non-volatile cell  
An erasable and programmable non-volatile cell, comprising a first transistor having a source, a drain and a gate; a floating capacitor having a floating gate and a control gate, said floating gate...
7286398 Semiconductor device and method of controlling said semiconductor device  
A semiconductor device includes: groups of memory cells that are connected to word lines; and select gates that are controlled by control word lines and are connected to the groups of memory cells,...
7286381 Non-volatile and-type content addressable memory  
In order to speed up the search for a data item in a content addressable memory and to simplify the circuit structure of the memory having associated with each row of cells a ground control line, a...
7283391 Semiconductor memory device  
A semiconductor memory device comprises: a plurality of memory elements; at least one bit line, wherein a memory operation is performed via at least a portion of the bit line with respect to at...
7274593 Nonvolatile ferroelectric memory device  
A nonvolatile ferroelectric memory device is provided so as to control read/write operations of a nonvolatile memory cell using a channel resistance of the memory cell which is differentiated by...
7274592 Non-volatile memory and method of controlling the same  
A single cell that has a gate insulating film formed with an ONO film is provided in a region in which two bit lines cross one word line. The single cell is a four-bit multi-value cell, and has...
7272042 Semiconductor integrated circuit device  
A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a global-bit line, first and second section bit lines, a first transistor which connects the global bit line with the first section bit line, a...
7272038 Method for operating gated diode nonvolatile memory cell  
A gated diode nonvolatile memory cell with a charge storage structure includes a diode structure with an additional gate terminal. Example embodiments include the individual memory cell, an array...
7269063 Floating gate memory with split-gate read transistor and split gate program transistor memory cells and method for making the same  
Variations in memory array and cell configuration are shown, which eliminate punch-through disturb, reverse-tunnel. Several configurations are shown which range from combined and separate source...
7269046 Systems and methods for programming floating-gate transistors  
A floating-gate transistor array and method for programming the same. The floating-gate transistor array includes a plurality of transistors having a source, drain, and floating-gate, whereby the...
7262992 Hearing aid  
A hearing aid comprising a data memory includes a plurality of semiconductor memory cells. The semiconductor memory cell has a gate insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate, on a well...
7257033 Inverter non-volatile memory cell and array system  
NVM arrays include rows and columns of NVM cells comprising a floating gate, dual transistor, inverter storage element. Supply voltage for selected storage elements is turned off during a...
7248500 Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having reduced dependency of a source resistance on a position in an array  
A dummy cell having a low threshold voltage is disposed in a memory cell array in alignment with a memory cell. A dummy cell with a low threshold voltage adjacent to a selected memory cell column...
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