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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2017
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Minato-ku, JP;
Yasuhiro Shiino, Fujisawa, JP;
Tomoaki Nakano, Yokohama, JP;
Shigefumi Irieda, Yokohama, JP;
Masashi Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a plurality of memory cells; and a first word line connected to the memory cells. When data is written, a first program voltage is applied to the first word line, a first verify voltage is applied to the first word line to obtain a first verify result, a second program voltage is applied to the first word line, a second verify voltage is applied to the first word line to obtain a second verify result, and among the memory cells, a first memory cell whose first verify result is a pass is set to a program inhibited state when the second program voltage is applied and set as a target of the detection of the second verify result.