Static information storage and retrieval – Addressing – Particular decoder or driver circuit
Patent
1998-11-06
2000-08-01
Nguyen, Tan T.
Static information storage and retrieval
Addressing
Particular decoder or driver circuit
36518511, 36518529, G11C 800
Patent
active
060976667
ABSTRACT:
A block size buffer and block address pre-decoder are provided for a flash memory. At the time of data erase, the size of a block to be erased is input to the block size buffer and a set of block addresses is input to the block address pre-decoder. An output signal of the block size buffer is supplied to and decoded by the block address pre-decoder, a row decoder is controlled based on the result of pre-decoding, and a plurality of addressing including the above block address as a top address are selected in a multiple manner. Then, a plurality of successive blocks are simultaneously selected to simultaneously erase data in the memory cells in the plurality of blocks.
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Imamiya Kenichi
Sakui Koji
Tokushige Kaoru
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Nguyen Tan T.
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