Patent ID: 6023425
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
In a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprising:a plurality of memory cells each of which has a threshold voltage corresponding to data of one of a write state and an erase state;a plurality of word lines each of which is coupled with corresponding memory cells of said plurality of memory cells; anda controller controlling a predetermined operation in response to a command supplied thereto,wherein said controller controls an erase operation to erase data of selected memory cells coupled to a word line when an erase command is supplied to said controller,wherein said controller controls a write operation to write data to a memory cell of said memory cells coupled to said word line when a write command is supplied to said controller,wherein said controller controls an additional write operation to write data to a memory cell which is a memory cells of said erase state in a word line coupled with memory cells being said write and said erase state when an additional write command is supplied to said controller,wherein, in said erase operation, threshold voltages of memory cells coupled to a word line are allocated to said erase state by using a tunnel phenomenon, andwherein, in said write and said additional write operation, a threshold voltage of a memory cell is allocated to said write state by using a tunnel phenomenon.