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Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2023
Applicant:

Kioxia Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hidehiro Shiga, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

Kioxia Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/14 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5648 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are related to a memory device and a method of operating the memory device. In one aspect, a voltage supply circuit is configured to apply, during a first time period, a first voltage to a gate of a first switch transistor connected to a first block of memory cells through a first word line to enable the first switch transistor. In one aspect, the voltage supply circuit is configured to apply, during the first time period, a second voltage lower than the first voltage to the first word line through the first switch transistor. In one aspect, the voltage supply circuit is configured to apply, during the first time period, a third voltage lower than the second voltage to a gate of a second switch transistor connected to a second block of memory cells through a second word line to disable the second switch transistor.


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