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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2010
Applicants:
Youngho Lim, Yongin-si, KR;
Dongku Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyeongjun Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of programming a non-volatile memory including N-bit multi-level cell (MLC) memory cells includes executing first through (N−1)page programming operations, using an incremental step pulse programming (ISPP) method, to program first through (N−1)data pages in the MLC memory cells, where each of the first through (N−1)page programming operations includes an erase programming of erase cells among the MLC memory cells. The method further includes executing an Nth page programming operation, using the ISPP method, to program an Ndata page in the MLC memory cells.