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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sung Hoon Hong, Seoul, KR;
Jae Chun An, Seoul, KR;
Mun Hwa Lee, Sungnam-shi, KR;
Soo Min Cho, Sungnam-shi, KR;
Assignee:
Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd., Ichon-shi, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/300 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a method of erasing a flash memory device. The present invention implements a dummy recovery operation after a recovery operation for recovering the threshold voltage of an over-erased memory cell is implemented. Therefore, it can reduce the flow of the leakage current through bit lines to thus improve the program characteristic of the device.