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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2009
Hyung-gon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Ki-hwan Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Hyung-gon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Ki-hwan Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A flash memory device includes a word line decoder configured to receive a row address, and decode a selected word line and a neighboring non-selected word line corresponding to the row address during a read operation, and a word line driver configured to receive data identifying the selected word line and the neighboring non-selected word line from the word line decoder, and applying a read voltage to the selected word line, a first voltage to non-selected word lines other than the neighboring non-selected word line, and a second voltage to the neighboring non-selected word line.