Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sanggi Hong

Chaehoon Kim

Jiho Cho

Yohan Lee

Sangwon Park

Jungyun Yun

In a method of operating a nonvolatile memory device that includes a memory block including cell strings where each of the cell strings includes a string selection transistor, memory cells and a ground selection transistor which are connected in series and disposed in a vertical direction, each of word-lines coupled to the memory cells is set up to a respective target level during a word-line set-up period, a sensing operation on target memory cells is performed by applying a read voltage to a selected word-line coupled to the target memory cells while applying a read pass voltage to unselected word-lines during a sensing period, and while consuming an internal voltage connected to the unselected word-lines in a particular circuit in the nonvolatile memory device, a voltage level of the unselected word-lines is recovered to a level of the internal voltage during a discharge period of a word-line recovery period.

Nonvolatile memory device preventing overshoot of internal voltage and method of operating nonvolatile memory device

A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory block and a control circuit. The memory block includes a plurality of cell strings where each of the plurality of cell strings includes a string selection transistor, a plurality of memory cells and a ground selection transistor which are connected in series and disposed in a vertical direction between a bit-line and a common source line. The control circuit adjusts a level of a high voltage applied to a gate of a pass transistor of a selected word-line such that a voltage difference between the high voltage and a program voltage applied to a drain of the pass transistor differs in at least a portion of a plurality of program loops based on a comparison of a number of the program loops and a reference number during a program operation on a target memory cells.

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