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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2019
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Young Jin Woo, Cheongju-si, KR;

Won Yeol Choi, Yongin-si, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/409 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01); G11C 29/24 (2006.01); G11C 29/38 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/409 (2013.01); G11C 11/4074 (2013.01); G11C 11/4085 (2013.01); G11C 29/24 (2013.01); G11C 29/38 (2013.01); G11C 2029/1202 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory device includes a page with plurality of memory cells and a peripheral circuit that performs at least one program loop. The at least one program loop includes a program voltage applying phase for applying, during a program operation, a program voltage to a word line to which the plurality of memory cells are coupled and a program verify phase for determining whether a selected memory cell among the plurality of memory cells has been completely programmed. The memory device includes control logic that controls the peripheral circuit to: perform an auxiliary verify operation of applying an auxiliary verify voltage to the word line; perform a main verify operation of applying a main verify voltage larger than the auxiliary verify voltage to the word line; and determine a fail of the program operation, based on verify data obtained by performing the auxiliary verify operation and the main verify operation.


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