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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Hsin-yi Ho, Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-ching LI, Lujhou, TW;
Chun-hsiung Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of programming a memory device comprising a plurality of memory cells may include verifying a first memory cell targeted to a first level with a first preliminary voltage of a first program phase (PPV'), programming the first memory cell targeted to the first level in the first program phase, and verifying the first memory cell with a first post program-verify voltage of the first program phase (PV′) in which the first post program-verify voltage is different from the first preliminary voltage. A corresponding apparatus is also provided.