The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
Jan. 10, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 17, 2020
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventor:

Jang Seob Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/28 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/28 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory device includes: one or more planes each including a plurality of memory blocks; and a control circuit for selectively performing a dummy read operation before a valid read operation on the first memory block, according to whether a read command on the first memory block is firstly received from a host after a program operation is performed on a plane including the first memory block.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…