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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2010
Byungkyu Cho, Seoul, KR;
Kwang Soo Seol, Yongin-si, KR;
Sunghoi Hur, Seoul, KR;
Jungdal Choi, Seoul, KR;
ByungKyu Cho, Seoul, KR;
Kwang Soo Seol, Yongin-si, KR;
Sunghoi Hur, Seoul, KR;
Jungdal Choi, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a local self-boosting method of a flash memory device including at least one string having memory cells respectively connected to wordlines. The local self-boosting method includes forming a potential well at a channel of the string and forming potential walls at the potential well to be disposed at both sides of a channel of a selected one of the memory cells. The channel of the selected memory cell is locally limited by the potential walls and boosted when a program voltage is applied to the selected memory cell.