NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND EMBEDDED MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME
First Claim
1. An integrated circuit memory device, comprising:
- an array of nonvolatile memory cells having a plurality of pairs of nonvolatile memory cells therein, said plurality of pairs of nonvolatile memory cells including a first pair of nonvolatile memory cells that share an erase gate electrode.
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Abstract
Integrated circuit memory devices include an array of nonvolatile memory cells having a plurality of pairs of nonvolatile memory cells therein. The plurality of pairs of nonvolatile memory cells include a first pair of nonvolatile memory cells, which share an erase gate electrode. Each of the nonvolatile memory cells in the first pair of nonvolatile memory cells includes a respective control gate electrode and the shared erase gate electrode extends between the control gate electrodes within the first pair of nonvolatile memory cells. Each of the first pair of nonvolatile memory cells may include a data storage transistor, which has a floating gate electrode therein, and a selection transistor. These transistors may be electrically connected in series and the shared erase gate electrode may extend between the floating gate electrodes.
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1. An integrated circuit memory device, comprising:
an array of nonvolatile memory cells having a plurality of pairs of nonvolatile memory cells therein, said plurality of pairs of nonvolatile memory cells including a first pair of nonvolatile memory cells that share an erase gate electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A nonvolatile memory device, comprising:
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a block of nonvolatile memory cells having a plurality of pairs of nonvolatile memory cells therein, said plurality of pairs of nonvolatile memory cells including first pair of nonvolatile memory cells that share a first erase gate electrode within a first sector of said block and a second pair of nonvolatile memory cells that share a second erase gate electrode within a second sector of said block; a sector selecting circuit electrically connected to the first and second erase gate electrodes, an erase gate line and first and second sector selection lines; and control logic electrically coupled to said erase gate line and the first and second sector selection lines, said control logic configured to support a multi-sector page erase operation by driving the first and second sector selection lines with signals that cause said sector selecting circuit to electrically connect the first and second erase gate electrodes to the erase gate line and further configured to support a single-sector page erase operation by driving the first and second sector selection lines with signals that cause said sector selecting circuit to electrically connect the erase gate line one-at-a-time to the first and second erase gate electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A nonvolatile memory device comprising:
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a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells each having a cell transistor and a selection transistor, two adjacent memory cells of the plurality of memory cells sharing an erase gate; and control logic configured to control the memory cell array; wherein during an erase operation, the control logic applies different voltages to a control gate of a selected memory cell and a control gate of an unselected memory cell to perform an erase operation by a page unit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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