Patents by Inventor Kazushi Akita

Kazushi Akita has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6108238
    Abstract: The nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell array in which memory cell units having one or more reprogrammable nonvolatile memory cells are arranged in an array, a word line commonly connected to a same row of the one or more memory cells of the memory cell array, a data line commonly connected to a same column of the memory cell units of the memory cell array, sequence control section for controlling a sequence operation which reprograms data of the selected memory cell by a first operation for applying the voltage to reprogram data of the selected memory cell, and a second operation for verifying reprogrammed state of data to memory cell to which the voltage is applied, and voltage application section for applying to the first voltage higher than a power supply voltage to the word line corresponding to the memory cell to be data reprogrammed in the first period which is corresponds to at least partial period during a period of the first operation, in which in a second period correspo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamura, Kazushi Akita, Takeaki Sato