Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device

• Main Authors: MIYAMOTO, JUNICHI, OHTSUKA, NOBUAKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.12.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; INFORMATION STORAGE; PHYSICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; STATIC STORES

Word lines (WL1 to WL4) are divided into a plurality of blocks (BLK1 to BLK4) in a row direction, and divided into a plurality of sections (SEC1 to SEC4) having e.g., four word lines in a column direction. An area where each block and each section are crossed is used as a sector (SCT). One sector (SCT) includes four word lines (WL1 to WL4). A control gate of a plurality of transistors constituting a memory cell (MC) is connected to each of the word lines (WL1 to WL4), each drain is connected to each of the bit lines (CL1 to CL4), and each source is connected to each of source lines (SL1, SL2) in common. A source main decoder (SMD) is provided in each section, source sub-decoders (SSD1 to SSDn) are provided in each sector (SCT). Each source sub-decoder includes each of supply circuits (SC1 to SCn). The source main decoder (SMD) outputs a sector selection signal (SI) in accordance with a row address signal, and a block decoder (BDC) outputs block selection signals (B0, /B0 to Bn,/Bn) in accordance with a column address signal. One supply circuit is selected by the sector selection signal (SI) and the block selection signals (B0, /B0 to Bn,/Bn), and the selected supply circuit supplies the sector selection signal (SI) outputted from the source main decoder (SMD) source lines (SL1 to SLn) as an erase signal.