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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2010
Kwang-jin Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Chang-soo Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Joon-min Park, Seoul, KR;
Hui-kwon Seo, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Qi Wang, Suwon-si, KR;
Kwang-Jin Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Chang-Soo Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Joon-Min Park, Seoul, KR;
Hui-Kwon Seo, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Qi Wang, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory blocks, each memory block including a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of word lines coupled to rows of the plurality of memory cells, a plurality of bit lines coupled to columns of the plurality of memory cells, and a control unit controlling an erase operation so that erase data is simultaneously written in the plurality of memory cells corresponding to an erase unit. A first erase mode may include a first erase unit and a first erase data pattern. A second erase mode may include a second erase unit and a second erase pattern. At least one of the first and second erase units and the first and second erase data patterns are different.