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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2023
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/3459 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device includes: memory cells connected between a common source line and bit lines; a source line driver for applying a common source line voltage to the common source line and then floating the common source line; and a program operation controller for controlling the source line driver to change a length of a floating period in which the common source line is floated, based on a degree to which a program operation on the memory cells is performed.