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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Jong Hyun Wang, Cheongju-si, KR;
Chae Kyu Jang, Icheon-si, KR;
SE Chun Park, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/44 (2006.01); G11C 29/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for performing a fail test, block management, erase operations and program operations are used in a nonvolatile memory device having a block switch devoid of a fuse and a PMOS transistor. A method for performing a fail test in a nonvolatile memory device includes performing a fail test for a memory cell block; storing good block information in a block information store associated with the corresponding block when the memory cell block is a good block; and repeating the performing and storing steps for all memory cell blocks.