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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Soon-young Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Young-joon Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Inventors:
Soon-young Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Young-joon Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one aspect, a non-volatile memory is provided which includes a plurality of m-bit non-volatile memory cells and a plurality of n-bit non-volatile memory cells, where 1≦m<n, and a voltage generator which generates a first read voltage applied to non-selected m-bit non-volatile memory cells and a second read voltage applied to non-selected n-bit non-volatile memory cells, wherein the first read voltage is less than the second read voltage.