Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device

A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprising:na cell array including bit lines and source lines intersecting each other, a cell string in which a plurality of memory cells disposed between the bit lines and the source lines is connected in series, each of the memory cells including a control gate and a charge storage layer, and word lines connected respectively to the control gates of the memory cells of the cell string; anda data writing unit that repeatedly executes, during writing of data, a write loop including a programming operation of applying a program voltage to a selected word line of the word lines, and applying a passage voltage to any one of non-selected word lines of the word lines,when a difference between the passage voltage used in an n-th write loop and the passage voltage used in an n+1-th write loop is expressed as ΔVn and when a condition of L<M (L and M are integers) is satisfied,the data writing unit executing the write loop using the passage voltage satisfying ΔV(L−1)<ΔVL, ΔVL ΔV(M−1), and ΔV(M−1)<ΔVM.

A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprising:na memory cell array including a cell string in which a plurality of memory cells, each including a control gate and a charge storage layer, is connected in series, and a plurality of word lines that commonly connects the control gates of the respective memory cells of the cell string to each other in a first direction; anda data writing unit that repeatedly executes a programming operation at a time of writing data,when, among the plurality of word lines, a word line which is selected is referred to as a selected word line, word lines adjacent to the selected word line are referred to as a first adjacent word line and a second adjacent word line, respectively, and any of the word lines other than the selected word lines, the first adjacent word line, and the second adjacent word line is referred to as a first non-selected word line,the data writing unit applying, at the time of an programming operation, a program voltage to the selected word line, a first passage voltage to at least one of the first adjacent word line and the second adjacent word line, and a second passage voltage to the first non-selected word line;when a difference between the first passage voltage used in an n-th write loop and the first passage voltage used in an n+1-th write loop is expressed as ΔVn and when a condition of L<M (L and M are integers) is satisfied, ΔV(L−1)<ΔVL, ΔVL≦ΔV(M−1), and ΔV(M−1)<ΔVM are established with respect to the first passage voltage, andthe second passage voltage being a voltage higher than a lowest value of the first passage voltage.