Abstract: A high voltage generating apparatus includes a regulator configured to control a pumping voltage at a voltage of a certain level, and an amplifier configured to amplify a current flowing through an output terminal of the regulator and to output an amplified current.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a voltage generator. The voltage generator includes a detection circuit having a number of voltage detection units, each detection unit including a different number of resistors compared to other detection units and each detection unit outputting a respective voltage, a voltage comparison circuit configured to compare a constant voltage to each respective divided voltage outputted from detection units of the detection circuit and to output a number of control signals in response to the comparison, and a reference voltage generator configured to generate a reference voltage in response to the control signals.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a bit line sensing signal supply unit configured to output a bit line sensing signal, having a rising voltage level that rises in discrete steps, in response to a control signal, and a bit line sensing unit configured to selectively connect a bit line and a sensing node in response to the bit line sensing signal.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device and a method of operating the same. The nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array including memory cells for storing data, a temperature sensor and a controller. The temperature sensor outputs a temperature detection signal according to ambient temperatures while changing one or more pieces of reference voltage information, which are previously stored, when data is programmed into the memory cell array. The controller performs a verify operation of the program using a fast verify method and decides the number of steps which are comprised in step-shaped verify voltage pulse of the fast verify method according to the temperature detection signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a voltage includes a first voltage outputting circuit configured to receive an input voltage and adjust and output a first voltage in accordance with a temperature, a buffer circuit configured to receive the first voltage and output the received first voltage as a second voltage at an output node of the buffer circuit, and a second voltage outputting circuit configured to receive the second voltage at an input terminal and output a third voltage by dividing a driving voltage in accordance with a resistance ratio, wherein the second voltage outputting circuit includes a sub-voltage outputting circuit and a controlling circuit configured to adjust a voltage level of the third voltage through a feedback of the third voltage to the input terminal.