Inventors:
Tomoko Ogura - Hillsboro OR, US
Nori Ogura - Hillsboro OR, US
Seiki Ogura - Hillsboro OR, US
Tomoya Saito - Beaverton OR, US
Yoshitaka Baba - Beaverton OR, US
Assignee:
Halo LSI Inc. - Hillsboro OR
International Classification:
G11C 11/34
US Classification:
36518505, 36518511, 36518517, 36518518, 3651852, 36518521, 36518524, 36518526, 36518529, 36518533
Abstract:
The present invention provides a novel read method of twin MONOS metal bit or diffusion bit structure for high-speed application. In a first embodiment of the present invention, the alternative control gates are set at the same voltage. In a second embodiment of the present invention, all the control gates are set at the operational voltage from the beginning. In both embodiments, the bit line and word gate are used to address the selected memory cell. teh.