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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2021
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Hang-Ting Lue, Hsinchu, TW;
Tzu-Hsuan Hsu, Chiayi County, TW;
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method for performing an operation in a memory device is provided. The method includes the following steps. An erasing operation is performed on one selected word line of the memory device to ensure that a plurality of first cells to be programed and a plurality of second cells to be erased connected to the selected word line have threshold voltages lower than a first predetermined level. A programming operation is performed on the selected word line, such that the first cells are suffered a first program bias and the second cells are suffered a second program bias which is lower than the first program bias.