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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
May. 21, 2019
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Yong Han, Seoul, KR;
Jun Hyuk Lee, Cheongju-si, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Abstract
A memory device and an operating method of the memory device is disclosed. The memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory blocks. The memory device further includes a peripheral circuit for performing an erase voltage application operation, a first erase verify operation, and a second erase verify operation on a selected memory block among the plurality of memory blocks. The memory device also includes a control logic for setting a start erase voltage of an erase operation, based on a result of the first erase verify operation, and controlling the peripheral circuit to perform the second erase verify operation when it is determined that the first erase verify operation on the selected memory block has been passed.