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Title:
METHOD FRO ELECTRICALLY ERASING NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND ITS CIRCUIT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH0877782
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To obtain EEPROM's capable of collectively erasing a memory block to be erased.

A block selection circuit 60 is provided for memory blocks obtained by dividing a memory cell array having a NAND cell in a row direction and comprises storing means 29. The storing means 29 corresponding to the memory block to be erased stores a block selection flag of logic 1, and the storing means 29 corresponding to the memory block not to be erased stores a reset flag of logic 0. Erasing is performed by utilizing each of stored flags. By the block selection circuit 60 storing a block selection flag, a word line of the memory block to be erased is set to be at an erasing voltage, and by the block selection circuit 60 storing a reset flag, a word line of the memory block not to be erased is floating.


Inventors:
KEN SHIYAKUSEN
KIN CHINKI
Application Number:
JP22681795A
Publication Date:
March 22, 1996
Filing Date:
September 04, 1995
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Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONIC
International Classes:
G11C17/00; G11C14/00; G11C16/02; G11C16/04; G11C16/06; G11C16/08; G11C16/16; G11C16/34; (IPC1-7): G11C16/06
Domestic Patent References:
JPH05325576A1993-12-10
JPH05182479A1993-07-23
JPH01298600A1989-12-01
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
高月 猛



 
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