Method for verifying electrically programmable non-volatile memory cells of an electrically programmable non-volatile memory device after programming

摘要

A method for verifying an electrically programmable non- volatile memory cell of an electrically programmable memory device after programming, providing for accessing the memory cell after having submitted the same to at least a programming pulse by means of a sensing circuit, checking an output of the sensing circuit, and submitting said memory cell to further programming pulses if said output of the sensing circuit corresponds to a non-programmed memory cell. The checking an output of the sensing circuit is performed at a first instant of time which is anticipated of a prescribed time interval with respect to a second instant of time at which said output of the sensing circuit is checked in a normal read operation of the memory device, said prescribed time interval corresponding to a prescribed security margin of programming of the memory cell. (FIGS. 2 and 4).