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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
May. 06, 2010
Applicants:
Yong June Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jae Hong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jun Jin Kong, Yongin-si, KR;
Hong Rak Son, Anyang-si, KR;
Seung-hwan Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Yong June Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jae Hong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jun Jin Kong, Yongin-si, KR;
Hong Rak Son, Anyang-si, KR;
Seung-Hwan Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/413 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method setting a read voltage to minimize data read errors in a semiconductor memory device including multi-bit memory cells. In the method, a read voltage associated with a minimal number of read data error is set based on a statistic value of a voltage distribution corresponding to each one of a plurality of voltage states.