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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2023
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Sang Tae Ahn, Icheon-si, KR;
Sung Min Lee, Icheon-si, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Abstract
A memory device includes a memory block including strings, each including first memory cells coupled between a first dummy cell and a second dummy cell and second memory cells coupled between third dummy cell and fourth dummy cell, and a peripheral circuit performing a normal program operation on first and second memory cells, or a soft program operation on first to fourth dummy cells, wherein the peripheral circuit is configured to, perform a soft program operation on the fourth dummy cell which is farthest from an area to which the precharge voltage is applied and perform a normal program operation on second memory cells, wherein the precharge voltage is applied to the area during the normal program operation, and wherein the area is adjacent to the first dummy cells.
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