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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Won Jong Song, Seoul, KR;
Doo Hyun Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Soon Young Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Il Han Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage device includes a storage controller that receives a protecting command before a thermal process is performed in the storage device, and that generates a protecting pattern by programming a protecting voltage in a converged region where threshold voltage distributions of memory cells in the storage device converge after the thermal process is performed on the storage device.