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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2018
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Lee-Yin Lin, Taipei, TW;
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A memory device comprises a plurality of stacks of word lines, the word lines in the stacks having first vertical sides and second vertical sides opposite the first vertical sides, and a first plurality of strings and a second plurality of strings disposed respectively on the first vertical sides and the second vertical sides of the word lines in a particular stack in the plurality of stacks. The second plurality of strings is offset from the first plurality of strings in a direction along which the word lines in the particular stack extend. A first program operation includes applying a shielding voltage to a first string in the first plurality of strings and a fourth string in the second plurality of strings, and applying a program voltage to a second string in the second plurality of strings and a third string in the first plurality of strings.
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