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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2019
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Jae Hyeon Shin, Icheon-si, KR;
Sung Hyun Hwang, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/08 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01); G11C 11/4093 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 11/4094 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4091 (2013.01); G11C 8/08 (2013.01); G11C 11/4093 (2013.01); G11C 11/4094 (2013.01); G11C 16/3459 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a memory device, the method including matching a voltage of a selected word line, among word lines coupled to the plurality of memory cells, with a voltage of unselected word lines. The method including precharging a channel region of the plurality of memory cell strings through the common source line while discharging the selected word line and the unselected word lines.