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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/24 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 11/5642 (2013.01); G11C 11/5671 (2013.01); G11C 16/24 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 2211/563 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5642 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5647 (2013.01);
Abstract
Presented herein is a memory device and a method of operating the memory device. The memory device may include a memory cell, and a page buffer coupled to the memory cell via a bit line and configured to perform a read operation on the memory cell. The page buffer may include a storage unit configured to control a bit line precharge operation during the read operation and to store a result value of a first sensing operation. After the bit line precharge operation, a value stored in the storage unit is inverted before the storage unit stores the result value of the first sensing operation.