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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2023
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Hee Youl Lee, Icheon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/102 (2013.01); G11C 16/0433 (2013.01); G11C 16/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
There are provided a memory device and an operating method of the memory device. The memory device includes: a first select transistor, a plurality of memory cells, and a second select transistor, connected between a source line and a bit line; and a peripheral circuit for performing a pre-program operation on the plurality of memory cells and then performing an erase operation on the plurality of memory cells. In the pre-program operation, the peripheral circuit is configured to apply a program voltage to word lines that are connected to the plurality of memory cells corresponding to a channel that has been floated.