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Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2023
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventor:

Seon Ju Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/3459 (2013.01); G11C 16/0433 (2013.01); G11C 16/102 (2013.01); G11C 16/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory device includes: a plurality of memory blocks each including a plurality of word lines, a control operation circuit configured to perform a read operation on each of the plurality of word lines, and a control logic configured to: store a plurality of default levels, which respectively correspond to the memory blocks, in an information storage region therein, control the control operation circuit to perform one of a first read operation using a selected default level corresponding to a selected block and a second read operation using an adjusted level smaller than the selected default level, reset the adjusted level to the selected default level when a number of times that the second read operation is passed is greater than a number of times that the first read operation is passed, by a reference number of times or more, and store the reset level in the information storage region.


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