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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Myoung-Won Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Sang-Hyun Joo, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory block with an unused line connected to dummy cells and used lines connected to normal cells, and a controller which applies an erase voltage to the memory block, applies an unused line erase voltage to the unused line, and applies a word line erase voltage to the used lines during an erase operation. The dummy cells are not programmed during a program operation while the normal cells are programmed, the unused line erase voltage transits from a first voltage to a floating voltage at a first time point, and the controller reads the dummy cells and controls at least one of the magnitude of the first voltage and the first time point based on the result of reading the dummy cells.