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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2010
Joon-suc Jang, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Ki-hwan Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Duck-kyun Woo, Anyang-si, KR;
Si-hwan Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Joon-Suc Jang, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Ki-Hwan Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Duck-Kyun Woo, Anyang-si, KR;
Si-Hwan Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A method of programming a nonvolatile memory device is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of memory cells coupled to a wordline, the plurality of memory cells grouped into a plurality of groups, each group including at least two memory cells, such that for each cell of the plurality of memory cells that has memory cells adjacent both sides, the memory cells immediately adjacent either side of the cell belong to different groups from each other. The method further includes selecting one group from the plurality of groups, and performing a program operation including applying a program pulse to the selected group while one or more non-selected groups of the plurality of groups are inhibited from being programmed.