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Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020

Filed:

May. 28, 2019
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Han Soo Joo, Daejeon, KR;

Ji Hyun Seo, Seoul, KR;

Hee Youl Lee, Icheon-si, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/24 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/24 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor device and method of operating a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device includes memory strings coupled between a common source line and a bit line, and a peripheral circuit coupled to the memory strings through a plurality of word lines and a dummy word line, and configured to set bias of the word lines and the dummy word line before performing a read operation, wherein the peripheral circuit applies a first pass voltage to the word lines concurrently with applying an initial voltage lower than the first pass voltage to the dummy word line, and increases the first pass voltage and the initial voltage to a second pass voltage to set the bias of the word lines and the dummy word line.


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