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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2009
Applicants:
Moo-sung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Young-ho Lim, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Moo-Sung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Young-Ho Lim, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a flash memory device having multiple strings, where each string includes first memory cells and second memory cells. One second memory cell of the second memory cells in each string is set to a programmed state, and remaining second memory cells are set to an erased state.