Patent International Class: G11C 16/8

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Memory system, multi-bit flash memory device, and associated methods
Inventor: Lee | Patent Number: 8127073

Read mode for flash memory
Inventor: Chen, et al. | Patent Number: 8107294

Flash memory device
Inventor: Lee | Patent Number: 8059461

Word line activation in memory devices
Inventor: Incarnati, et al. | Patent Number: 8050102

Flash memory device and method of operating the same
Inventor: Lee | Patent Number: 8045372

Memory system, multi-bit flash memory device, and associated methods
Inventor: Lee | Patent Number: 8019933

Row selector occupying a reduced device area for semiconductor memory devices
Inventor: Garofalo, et al. | Patent Number: 7965561

Non-volatile memory device for reducing layout area of global wordline decoder and operation method thereof
Inventor: Kang, et al. | Patent Number: 7933154

Method of programming flash memory device
Inventor: Chae, et al. | Patent Number: 7911850

Non-volatile memory device
Inventor: Lim | Patent Number: 7719891

Delayed activation of selected wordlines in memory
Inventor: Yu, et al. | Patent Number: 7649783

Method of programming flash memory device
Inventor: Chae, et al. | Patent Number: 7567460

Flash memory device capable of improving reliability
Inventor: Lee, et al. | Patent Number: 7558114

Method for generating and adjusting selected word line voltage
Inventor: Miwa | Patent Number: 7518930

Method and apparatus for a dual power supply to embedded non-volatile memory
Inventor: Daga | Patent Number: 7450429

Circuit and method of driving a word line by changing the capacitance of a clamp capacitor to compensate for a fluctuation of a power supply voltage level
Inventor: Jung, et al. | Patent Number: 7394701

Flash memory with multi-bit read
Inventor: Radke | Patent Number: 7369434

Non-volatile semiconductor memory device and writing method thereof
Inventor: Yasui, et al. | Patent Number: 7339827

Flash memory device with multiple erase voltage levels
Inventor: Kim | Patent Number: 7269070

Layout for NAND flash memory array having reduced word line impedance
Inventor: Ha, et al. | Patent Number: 7248499

Compensating for coupling during read operations of non-volatile memory
Inventor: Chen | Patent Number: 7196928

Method for erasing non-volatile memory cells and corresponding memory device
Inventor: Micheloni, et al. | Patent Number: 7184319

Layout for NAND flash memory array having reduced word line impedance
Inventor: Ha, et al. | Patent Number: 7170783

Multi-level nonvolatile semiconductor memory device utilizing a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device for storing binary data
Inventor: Mitani, et al. | Patent Number: 7164601

Decoder for memory device
Inventor: Akaogi | Patent Number: 7126862

Method and apparatus for a dual power supply to embedded non-volatile memory
Inventor: Daga | Patent Number: 7120061

Device for reducing sub-threshold leakage current within a high voltage driver
Inventor: Hoefler, et al. | Patent Number: 7113430

Memory devices and programming methods that simultaneously store erase status indications for memory blocks
Inventor: Jo | Patent Number: 7102927

Efficient redundancy system for flash memories with uniformly sized blocks
Inventor: Wong | Patent Number: 7092289

Circuit and method for reducing leakage current in a row driver circuit in a flash memory during a standby mode of operation
Inventor: Pekny | Patent Number: 7064984

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory having a control gate driver transistor whose gate insulator thickness is greater than that of a select gate driver transistor
Inventor: Sato, et al. | Patent Number: 7031195

Circuit and method for reducing leakage current in a row driver circuit in a flash memory during a standby mode of operation
Inventor: Pekny | Patent Number: 7009885

Read bitline inhibit method and apparatus for voltage mode sensing
Inventor: Sarin, et al. | Patent Number: 6992934

Multibank memory on a die
Inventor: Fasoli, et al. | Patent Number: 6965527

Memory system, method and predecoding circuit operable in different modes for selectively accessing multiple blocks of memory cells for simultaneous reading writing or erasure
Inventor: Lakhani, et al. | Patent Number: 6961805

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device with MOS transistors each having a floating gate and a control gate
Inventor: Umezawa | Patent Number: 6961268

Multistage autozero sensing for a multilevel non-volatile memory integrated circuit system
Inventor: Tran | Patent Number: 6956779

Memory system, method and predecoding circuit operable in different modes for selectively accessing multiple blocks of memory cells for simultaneous writing or erasure
Inventor: Lakhani, et al. | Patent Number: 6954400

String programmable nonvolatile memory with NOR architecture
Inventor: Rolandi | Patent Number: 6954395

Method and apparatus for emulating an electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) using non-volatile floating gate memory cells
Inventor: Sowards, et al. | Patent Number: 6950336

Method, apparatus, and system to enhance negative voltage switching
Inventor: Tedrow, et al. | Patent Number: 6944065

Flash memory device with stable source line regardless of bit line coupling and loading effect
Inventor: Chung | Patent Number: 6940758

EEPROM memory protected against the effects from a breakdown of an access transistor
Inventor: Tailliet, et al. | Patent Number: 6934192

Line selector for a matrix of memory elements
Inventor: Pascucci | Patent Number: 6930927

Semiconductor memory device having a resistance adjustment unit
Inventor: Homma, et al. | Patent Number: 6928000

Segmented non-volatile memory array with multiple sources having improved source line decode circuitry
Inventor: Chevallier, et al. | Patent Number: 6914813

Semiconductor memory device using only single-channel transistor to apply voltage to selected word line
Inventor: Nakamura, et al. | Patent Number: 6912157

Fast discharge for program and verification
Inventor: Shor, et al. | Patent Number: 6906966

Semiconductor memory device
Inventor: Saito, et al. | Patent Number: 6906960

Nonvolatile memory device with double serial/parallel communication interface
Inventor: Polizzi, et al. | Patent Number: 6892269

Semiconductor memory device
Inventor: Hosono, et al. | Patent Number: 6891757

Architecture for a flash-EEPROM simultaneously readable in other sectors while erasing and/or programming one or more sectors
Inventor: Silvagni, et al. | Patent Number: 6891755

Non-volatile memory device
Inventor: Kanai | Patent Number: 6865128

Word line selector for a semiconductor memory
Inventor: Pio | Patent Number: 6865114

Non-volatile semiconductor memory device in which one page is set for a plurality of memory cell arrays
Inventor: Kawai, et al. | Patent Number: 6865112

Wide dynamic range and high speed voltage mode sensing for a multilevel digital non-volatile memory
Inventor: Tran, et al. | Patent Number: 6865099

EEPROM architecture and programming protocol
Inventor: Combe, et al. | Patent Number: 6859391

Memory system, method and predecoding circuit operable in different modes for selectively accessing multiple blocks of memory cells for simultaneous writing or erasure
Inventor: Lakhani, et al. | Patent Number: 6856571

DDR synchronous flash memory with virtual segment architecture
Inventor: Widmer, et al. | Patent Number: 6845057

Non-volatile semiconductor memory device with accelerated column scanning scheme
Inventor: Lee | Patent Number: 6845041

Boosting circuit
Inventor: Kim | Patent Number: 6836178

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
Inventor: Lee, et al. | Patent Number: 6831860

Latched address multi-chunk write to EEPROM
Inventor: Lee, et al. | Patent Number: 6829673

Virtual ground nonvolatile semiconductor memory array architecture and integrated circuit structure therefor
Inventor: Park, et al. | Patent Number: 6826080

Row decoder in flash memory and erase method of flash memory cell using the same
Inventor: Kim, et al. | Patent Number: 6819597

Non-volatile semiconductor memory device having a memory cell which stably retains information
Inventor: Ohtani | Patent Number: 6813188

Non-volatile semiconductor memory device and semiconductor disk device
Inventor: Kobayashi, et al. | Patent Number: 6813185

Memory system, method and predecoding circuit operable in different modes for selectively accessing multiple blocks of memory cells for simultaneous writing or erasure
Inventor: Lakhani, et al. | Patent Number: 6809987

Non-volatile semiconductor memory device and method of actuating the same
Inventor: Kanai | Patent Number: 6809963

Semiconductor memory device
Inventor: Hosono, et al. | Patent Number: 6807099

Non-volatile semiconductor memory device with improved program inhibition characteristics and method of programming the same
Inventor: Park, et al. | Patent Number: 6804150

Flash memory architecture with page mode erase using NMOS and PMOS row decoding scheme
Inventor: Bedarida, et al. | Patent Number: 6804148

Method and apparatus for memory control circuit
Inventor: Estakhri | Patent Number: 6801979

Synchronous flash memory with virtual segment architecture
Inventor: Roohparvar, et al. | Patent Number: 6798710

Pattern layout of transfer transistors employed in row decoder
Inventor: Hosono, et al. | Patent Number: 6798683

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory having page mode with a plurality of banks
Inventor: Tanzawa, et al. | Patent Number: 6795352

Word line decoder in nand type flash memory device
Inventor: Jeong | Patent Number: 6791878

Method, apparatus, and system to enhance negative voltage switching
Inventor: Tedrow, et al. | Patent Number: 6788584

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory
Inventor: Mihara | Patent Number: 6788577

Flash memory having a flexible bank partition
Inventor: Ha | Patent Number: 6781914

Block-level read while write method and apparatus
Inventor: Tedrow, et al. | Patent Number: 6772273

Non-volatile semiconductor integrated circuit
Inventor: Maruyama | Patent Number: 6771559

Method and apparatus for providing row redundancy in nonvolatile semiconductor memory
Inventor: Park | Patent Number: 6771541

Semiconductor memory device having booster circuits
Inventor: Mihara | Patent Number: 6768688

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory and method for controlling programming voltage of nonvolatile semiconductor memory
Inventor: Yano, et al. | Patent Number: 6768682

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
Inventor: Hirano | Patent Number: 6768676

Non-volatile semiconductor memory device
Inventor: Park | Patent Number: 6768674

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and nonvolatile semiconductor memory system
Inventor: Tanaka, et al. | Patent Number: 6768163

Low-power nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
Inventor: Kim | Patent Number: 6762959

Semiconductor memory device with shorter signal lines
Inventor: Nakagawa, et al. | Patent Number: 6760271

Segmented non-volatile memory array with multiple sources having improved source line decode circuitry
Inventor: Chevallier, et al. | Patent Number: 6760267

Flash EEPROM system with simultaneous multiple data sector programming and storage of physical block characteristics in other designated blocks
Inventor: Conley, et al. | Patent Number: 6760255

Non-volatile semiconductor memory device and method of driving the same
Inventor: Kamei | Patent Number: 6760253

Increasing the memory performance of flash memory devices by writing sectors simultaneously to multiple flash memory devices
Inventor: Estakhri, et al. | Patent Number: 6757800

File storage type non-volatile semiconductor memory device
Inventor: Kamei | Patent Number: 6757197

Voltage translator
Inventor: Harada | Patent Number: 6756813

Non-volatile semiconductor memory device and information apparatus
Inventor: Mori, et al. | Patent Number: 6751153

Array architecture and operating methods for digital multilevel nonvolatile memory integrated circuit system
Inventor: Tran, et al. | Patent Number: 6751118

Method and apparatus for multiple byte or page mode programming of a flash memory array
Inventor: Hsia, et al. | Patent Number: 6747899

BIT LINE CONTROL DECODER CIRCUIT, VIRTUAL GROUND TYPE NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE DECODER CIRCUIT, AND DATA READ METHOD OF VIRTUAL GROUND TYPE NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE
Inventor: Yamamoto, et al. | Patent Number: 6744667

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