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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
May. 15, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Hyun Seo, Goyang-si, KR;
Kui Han Ko, Seoul, KR;
Jin-Young Kim, Seoul, KR;
Il Han Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Bong Soon Lim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A nonvolatile memory includes a first sub-block defined by a first string select line and a first word line; a second sub-block defined by a second string select line different from the first string select line and a second word line different from the first word line; a first vacant block defined by the first string select line and the second word line; and a second vacant block defined by the second string select line and the first word line. First data is programmed in the first sub-block with, second data is programmed in the second sub-block, and no data is programmed in the first vacant block and the second vacant block.