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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Minji Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Jisang Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Sehwan Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Jinyoung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Joonsuc Jang, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A method of operating a memory device including a memory cell array having a plurality of memory cells and a plurality of word lines connected to the plurality of memory cells. The method includes performing an additional read operation on the plurality of memory cells by adjusting a voltage level applied to a selected word line WLconnected to memory cells to be additionally read for improvements in memory cell sensing characteristics and a voltage level applied to a plurality of unselected word lines WL, and performing a main read operation on the plurality of memory cells by adjusting a voltage level applied to at least one first word line among the plurality of unselected word lines WLto be different from a voltage level applied to the at least one first word line in the additional read operation.