Patent ID: 6903977

Claim:
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory apparatus, comprising: a memory transistor (M); and memory peripheral circuits ( 2 a to 9 ) for controlling an operation of said memory transistor (M); wherein said memory transistor (M) comprises: a first conductive type semiconductor substrate (SUB, W); a first conductive type channel forming region (CH) regulated in a surface region of said semiconductor substrate (SUB, W); a first source/drain region (S, SSL) formed on one side of said channel forming region (CH) in the surface region of said semiconductor substrate (SUB, W) and electrically connected to said memory peripheral circuits ( 2 a to 9 ); a second source/drain region (D, SBL) formed on the other side of said channel forming region (CH) in the surface region of said semiconductor substrate (SUB, W) and electrically connected to said memory peripheral circuits ( 2 a to 9 ); a charge storage film (GD) formed at least on said channel forming region (CH) and having a charge storage faculty; and a gate electrode (WL) formed on said charge storage film (GD) and electrically connected to said memory peripheral circuit ( 2 a to 9 ); and said memory peripheral circuits ( 2 a to 9 ) generate a first voltage (Vd) and a second voltage (Vg-Vwell), apply said generated first voltage (Vd) to said second source/drain region (D, SBL) by using potential of said first source/drain region (S, SSL) as a reference, apply said generated second voltage (Vg-Vwell) to said gate electrode (WL), generate hot electrons (HE) by ionization collision on said second source/drain region (D, SBL) side, and inject said generated hot electrons (HE) to said charge storage film (GD) from said second source/drain region (D, SBL) side at the time of writing data, wherein: said channel forming region (CH) comprises a first conductive type high concentration channel region (HR) with higher concentration than that in other regions of said channel forming region (CH) at least at an end portion on said second source/drain region (D, SEL) side.