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Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2020
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventor:

Soo Yeol Chai, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/3459 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided herein may be a memory device and a method of operating the same. The memory device may include a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit configured to program the plurality of memory cells to a plurality of program states, and a control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit so that program operations corresponding to the plurality of program states are performed, wherein the control logic controls the peripheral circuit so that, during a program operation for a target program state, among the plurality of program states, memory cells to be programmed to an immediately higher program state than the target program state are programmed to the target program state.


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