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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2021
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sung Hyun Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jin Haeng Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Provided herein may be a memory device capable of completing a foggy-fine program operation in one ready/busy period. The memory device may include a plurality of memory cells configured to form a plurality of pages, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a first program operation on a page adjacent to a selected page among the plurality of pages, and perform a second program operation on the selected page and control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit, during the first program operation, to successively receive least significant bit (LSB) page data, center significant bit (CSB) page data, and most significant bit (MSB) page data from a memory controller, and program the LSB page data to the page adjacent to the selected page and during the second program operation, to program the LSB page data programmed to the page adjacent to the selected page, the CSB page data and the MSB page data to the selected page.