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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Hyunjun Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A memory device includes a memory cell array having memory cells therein that are programed to a plurality of program states, and a page buffer circuit having a plurality of page buffers therein that are connected to a plurality of bit lines associated with the memory cell array. Each of the page buffers includes a sensing latch that is connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of bit lines, and is configured to control a precharge operation performed on a corresponding bit line. Control logic is provided to control a verification operation performed on the plurality of program states within the memory cells by controlling the page buffer circuit, a plurality of dump operations on the sensing latch, which are based on values of at least two bits stored in each of the page buffers, and a selective precharge of bit lines that are connected to memory cells to be programmed to a first program state to be verified, from among the plurality of program states.