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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2009
Applicant:
IL Young Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Il Young Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an erase method of a flash device, including a page buffer configured to transfer a virtual voltage in response to a discharge signal and further comprising strings each including memory cells and coupled to the page buffer via a respective bit line, applying a ground voltage to a gate of each of the memory cells and erasing the memory cells coupled to a selected bit line by supplying the virtual voltage wherein the virtual voltage is applied to the selected bit line and a unselected bit line.