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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Applicant:
Sung Jae Chung, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Sung Jae Chung, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A program method of a semiconductor memory device may include precharging first bit lines, coupled to first strings, to increase a potential level of the first strings to a first potential level; programming memory cells of a selected word line, wherein the memory cells are coupled to second bit lines; pre-discharging the first bit lines to decrease a potential level of the word lines to a second potential level, wherein the second potential level is lower than the first potential level; and discharging the first bit lines and the word lines to a ground voltage after the pre-discharging.