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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2017
Applicants:
Bong-soon Lim, Seoul, KR;
Sang-hyun Joo, Suwon-si, KR;
Kee-ho Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/076 (2013.01); G06F 11/0727 (2013.01); G06F 11/0787 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 11/5635 (2013.01); G11C 11/5642 (2013.01); G11C 16/3459 (2013.01);
Abstract
A non-volatile memory includes a page buffer array in which page buffers are arranged in a matrix form. A method of operating the non-volatile memory includes selecting columns from among multiple columns of the page buffer array, and counting fail bits stored in page buffers included in the selected columns.