Skhynix Inc.

Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

Won Yeol Choi

Eun Joung Lee

Eun Jong Lee

Ki Seog Kim

Yoo Nam Jeon

Young Jin Woo

Young Seon You

A memory device includes a page with plurality of memory cells and a peripheral circuit that performs at least one program loop. The at least one program loop includes a program voltage applying phase for applying, during a program operation, a program voltage to a word line to which the plurality of memory cells are coupled and a program verify phase for determining whether a selected memory cell among the plurality of memory cells has been completely programmed. The memory device includes control logic that controls the peripheral circuit to: perform an auxiliary verify operation of applying an auxiliary verify voltage to the word line; perform a main verify operation of applying a main verify voltage larger than the auxiliary verify voltage to the word line; and determine a fail of the program operation, based on verify data obtained by performing the auxiliary verify operation and the main verify operation.

Memory device and operating method thereof

A method of operating a nonvolatile memory device includes determining whether a program operation is performed on even memory cells coupled to even bit lines of a selected page, setting a coupling resistance value between odd bit lines of the selected page and page buffers depending on whether the program operation for the even memory cells is performed, performing a program operation on the odd memory cells coupled to the odd bit lines, and coupling the odd bit line to the page buffer based on the set coupling resistance value and performing an verification operation for verifying whether threshold voltages of the odd memory cells on which the program operation is performed are a target voltage or more.

Method of operating nonvolatile memory device controlled by controlling coupling resistance value between bit line and page buffer

A program verify method of the nonvolatile memory device includes supplying a first program verify voltage to a word line coupled to memory cells of a memory cell array, sensing a voltage of a bit line coupled to the memory cells in response to a first sense signal, supplying a second program verify voltage higher than the first program verify voltage to the word line, and sensing a voltage of the bit line in response to a second sense signal having a lower voltage level than the first sense signal.

Nonvolatile memory device and program verify method thereof

Method of operating nonvolatile memory device controlled by controlling coupling resistance value between a bit line and a page buffer

A method of manufacturing a non-volatile memory device includes the steps of forming gates respectively having a structure in which a gate insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a dielectric layer, a second conductive layer and a metal-silicide layer are laminated over a semiconductor substrate, annealing the metal-silicide layer at a temperature, which is the same as or lower than an annealing temperature of the dielectric layer, forming a buffer oxide layer on the entire surface, and forming a nitride layer on the buffer oxide layer.

Method of manufacturing non-volatile memory device

The present invention relates to a sensing circuit in a multi-level flash memory cell capable of exactly sensing a state of the multi-level flash memory cell by sensing four states of the multi-level flash memory cell based on first through third reference cells. The first reference cell has a threshold voltage by which a program or erase state of a floating gate can be determined in a state that a capacitor of the multi-level flash memory cell is discharged, a second reference cell has a threshold voltage by which a charge or discharge state of the capacitor can be determined with the floating gate of the multi-level flash memory cell being at a discharge state, and a third reference cell has a threshold voltage by which a charge or discharge state of the capacitor can be determined with the floating gate of the multi-level flash memory cell being at a program state.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Won Yeol Choi