| US 7,613,048 B2 | ||
| Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and nonvolatile memory system | ||
| Atsushi Inoue, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshifumi Shano, Yokkaichi (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 02, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/934,330. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-299572 (JP), filed on Nov. 02, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0106946 A1, May 08, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11C 16/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 365—185.24 [365/185.28; 365/185.17; 365/185.09] | 20 Claims |

| 1. A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprising;
a memory cell array including a plurality of electrically rewritable nonvolatile memory cells arranged in series, at least
one of said memory cells storing data using a plurality of threshold levels;
a threshold level storage section storing a programming method switch threshold level on which a first programming method
and a second programming method are switched;
a comparison circuit comparing said programming method switch threshold level with a programming data threshold level and
outputting a comparison result;
a control signal generation circuit setting said first programming method or said second programming method based on said
comparison result and outputting a control signal corresponding to said first programming method or said second programming
method; and
a voltage generation circuit generating a programming voltage and an intermediate voltage which are applied to said at least
one memory cell based on said control signal.
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