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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
May. 05, 2023
Kioxia Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tsukasa Tokutomi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Shirakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
KIOXIA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a controller is configured to write four-bit data in each of memory cells, and read first data item from the memory cells through application of a first voltage to a word line. The controller is configured to read second data items by repeating a first operation of reading data including data of respective first bits of the memory cells through application of two voltages to the word line at different timings while changing the two voltages in each first operation from the two voltages in another first operation. The controller is configured to mask part of each of the second data items using the first data.