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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Dong-hyuk Chae, Seoul, KR;
Young-ho Lim, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Dong-Hyuk Chae, Seoul, KR;
Young-ho Lim, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flash memory device includes a cell array and a decision unit. The cell array includes multiple regions corresponding to multiple input/output lines. Initialization data are repeatedly stored in each of the regions. The decision unit determines whether the stored data are valid based on values of bits of the stored data read from each region.