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Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2011
Applicants:

Ki Hwan Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;

Sung Soo Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;

Jae-woo Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Sang-hyun Joo, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Inventors:

Ki Hwan Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;

Sung Soo Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;

Jae-Woo Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Sang-Hyun Joo, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A programming method for a nonvolatile memory device includes performing a LSB programming operation programming all LSB logical pages, and thereafter performing a MSB programming operation programming all MSB logical pages, wherein during the LSB programming operation a selected MLC is programmed to a negative intermediate program state. A program sequence for the LSB and MSB programming operations may be sequential or non-sequential in relation to an order arranged of word lines.


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