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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2007
Jae-yong Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Heung-soo Lim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jae-Yong Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Heung-Soo Lim, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electroincs Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are a non-volatile memory device and a method of programming the same. The method comprises applying a wordline voltage, a bitline voltage, and a bulk voltage to a memory cell during a plurality of program loops. In cases where the bitline voltage falls below a first predetermined detection voltage during a current program loop, or the bulk voltage becomes higher than a second predetermined detection voltage, the same wordline voltage is used in the current programming loop and a next program loop following the current program loop. Otherwise, the wordline voltage is incremented by a predetermined amount before the next programming loop.