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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2024
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Buil Nam, Suwon-si, KR;
Jinsun Yeom, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/12 (2006.01); G11C 29/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/12005 (2013.01); G11C 29/40 (2013.01); G11C 2029/4002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of wordlines and a plurality of bitlines, a row decoder configured to select one of the plurality of wordlines in response to an address, and a wordline leakage current detector configured to determine whether the selected wordline is defective using trim information related to a level of a reference voltage or a gradient of a detect voltage during a test operation, wherein the trim information is stored internally in an electrical die sorting (EDS) process.