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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Han Woong Yoo, Seoul, KR;
Seung-hwan Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Hee Seok Eun, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jun Jin Kong, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Han Woong Yoo, Seoul, KR;
Seung-Hwan Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Hee seok Eun, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jun jin Kong, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of reading a nonvolatile memory device comprises measuring threshold voltage distributions of a plurality of memory cells, combining the measured threshold voltage distributions, and determining local minimum points in the combined threshold voltage distributions to determine read voltages for a predetermined group of memory cells.