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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018

Filed:

May. 26, 2017
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;

Inventor:

Yongjun Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 11/5642 (2013.01); H01L 29/66545 (2013.01); H01L 29/66825 (2013.01);
Abstract

A nonvolatile memory including: a memory cell array including a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells; a decoder connected to the memory cell array through a plurality of word lines; a data input/output (I/O) circuit connected to the memory cell array through a plurality of bit lines; and control logic configured to control the decoder and the data I/O circuit in response to a change in a power supply voltage to clear or maintain individual pieces of page data. The control logic includes a page management unit that determines whether to clear data included in the individual pieces of page data based on a value of a set flag respectively corresponding to the individual pieces of page data.


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