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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Jae-woong Hyun, Uljeongbu-si, KR;
Kyoung-lae Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyu-charn Park, Pyeongtaek-si, KR;
Yoon-dong Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Choong-ho Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Sung-jae Byun, Yongin-si, KR;
Jae-woong Hyun, Uljeongbu-si, KR;
Kyoung-lae Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyu-charn Park, Pyeongtaek-si, KR;
Yoon-dong Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Choong-ho Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Sung-jae Byun, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Provided in one example embodiment, a method of programming n bits of data to a semiconductor memory device may include outputting a first bit of data written in a memory cell from a first latch, storing the first bit of the data to a third latch, storing a second bit of the data to the first latch, outputting the second bit of the data from the first latch, storing the second bit of the data to the second latch, and writing the second bit of the data stored in the second latch to the memory cell with reference to a data storage state of the first bit of the data stored in the third latch.