Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Operating method of non-volatile memory device
- Patent Title (中): 非易失性存储器件的操作方法
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Application No.: US12267740Application Date: 2008-11-10
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Publication No.: US08149628B2Publication Date: 2012-04-03
- Inventor: Hang-Ting Lue , Erh-Kun Lai , Szu-Yu Wang
- Applicant: Hang-Ting Lue , Erh-Kun Lai , Szu-Yu Wang
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP
- Priority: TW95122001A 20060620
- Main IPC: G11C11/34
- IPC: G11C11/34 ; G11C16/04

Abstract:
A non-volatile memory device includes memory cells having a semiconductor substrate, a stack layer, and source and drain regions disposed below a surface of the substrate and separated by a channel region. The stack layer includes an insulating layer disposed on the channel region, a charge storage layer disposed on the insulating layer, a multi-layer tunneling dielectric structure on the charge storage layer, and a gate disposed on the multi-layer tunneling dielectric structure. A negative bias is supplied to the gate to inject electrons into the charge storage layer through the multi-layer tunneling dielectric structure by −FN to tunneling so that the threshold voltage of the device is increased. A positive bias is supplied to the gate to inject holes into the charge storage layer through the multi-layer tunneling dielectric structure by +FN tunneling so that the threshold voltage of the device is decreased.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090065851A1 OPERATING METHOD OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2009-03-12
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