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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2011
Ki Hwan Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Sung Soo Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jae-woo Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Sang-hyun Joo, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Ki Hwan Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Sung Soo Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jae-Woo Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Sang-Hyun Joo, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
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.