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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2023
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Hee Youl Lee, Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, 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 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/3427 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory includes a cell string including a first select transistor, cell transistors, and a second select transistor and a row circuit configured to drive a first select line for controlling the first select transistor, a second select line for controlling the second select transistor and word lines for controlling the cell transistors. The row circuit differently performs a discharge operation of the first select line according to a position in the cell string of a program target cell transistor.