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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 11/5671 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A non-volatile memory and a programming method thereof are provided. The programming method of the non-volatile memory includes the following steps. A coarse programming procedure is performed for programing all of a plurality of memory cells at an erase state to 2{circumflex over ( )}N−1 or 2{circumflex over ( )}N program states. N is a positive integer. A fine programming procedure is performed for pushing all of memory cells into 2{circumflex over ( )}N−1 or 2{circumflex over ( )}N verify levels.