Threshold voltage compacting for non-volatile semiconductor memory designs

A flash memory design with a compact threshold voltage distribution and a method for compacting the threshold voltage for a flash memory design in which the threshold voltage is compacted by erasing a plurality of memory cells to set the threshold voltage for the memory cells substantially towards a...

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Hauptverfasser: HADDAD SAMEER S, GUO XIN, FASTOW RICHARD
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Zusammenfassung:A flash memory design with a compact threshold voltage distribution and a method for compacting the threshold voltage for a flash memory design in which the threshold voltage is compacted by erasing a plurality of memory cells to set the threshold voltage for the memory cells substantially towards a median erased threshold voltage; verifying at least one fast-erase memory cell; selectively soft-programming the memory cells; and erasing subsequent to selectively soft-programming.