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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:
Jul. 02, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2022
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Jong Woo Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Chi Wook An, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Un Sang Lee, 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 11/5671 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory device comprises a plurality of memory cells each having a threshold voltage corresponding to any one of a plurality of program states according to target data to be stored by performing a program operation, page buffers configured to store data provided from a memory controller, a data conversion controller configured to control the page buffers to convert the data into the target data including a plurality of logical page bits and a program operation controller configured to perform the program operation to store the target data in the plurality of memory cells, wherein the plurality of logical page bits include at least one logical page bit distinguishing even program states from odd program states among the plurality of program states and remaining logical page bits other than the at least one logical page bit having a same value as at least one program state among adjacent program states.


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