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Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Jong Hoon Lee, Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/14 (2013.01); G11C 16/3459 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory device includes a cell string, a peripheral circuit and a control logic. The cell string includes a select transistor and a plurality of memory cells, and further includes a plurality of dummy cells, wherein the plurality of dummy cells are coupled in series between the select transistor and the plurality of memory cells. The peripheral circuit configured to perform a dummy program operation on the plurality of dummy cells. The control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit so that the plurality of dummy cells have different threshold voltage distributions during the dummy program operation.


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