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Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002

Filed:

May. 03, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Ki-Hwan Choi, Seoul, KR;

Jong-Min Park, Suwon, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ; G11C 1/606 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ; G11C 1/606 ;
Abstract

A method is disclosed for preventing over-erasure in a nonvolatile memory device having a plurality of sectors, each sector including a main field and a redundant field. The method includes the steps of programming memory cells included in the main and redundant fields, erasing the memory cells included in the main and redundant fields, and programming over-erased cells of the memory cells included in the main and redundant fields. The main and redundant fields are included in a sector.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Choi, Ki-Hwan. (2002). Method for protecting an over-erasure of redundant memory cells during test for high-density nonvolatile memory semiconductor devices (U.S. Patent No. 6483747). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6483747

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