Patent ID: 6912162

Claim:
A method of programming bit data to first and second memory cells of a unit cell in a non-volatile memory device independently from each other, the memory cell comprising a pair of bit lines, a pair of word lines, and a unit cell between the pair of bit lines including first and second memory cells, wherein the first and the second memory cells are respectively formed in first and the second junction areas on the silicon substrate and comprise conductive gates including an electron trap layer generated in a channel area, and junction areas of the second conductive type, overlapped with the conductive gate, formed on the substrate, and connected to each bit line of the pair of bit lines, and wherein one of the first and the second memory cells functions as a data cell for storing data and the other of the first and the second memory cells functions as a selection cell for selecting a cell, and each of the first and the second memory cells stores one-bit data, the method of programming data comprising: applying a ground voltage to one bit line of the pair of bit lines of the selection cell, and a low voltage to one word line of the pair of word lines of the selection cell; applying high voltages to the other bit line of the pair of bit lines of the data cell, and to the other word line of the pair of word lines of the data cell; and trapping electrons in the channel area of the selection cell to electron trapping layer of the data cell by the high voltage applied to the other word line of the pair of word lines of the data cell.