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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2011
Dong Ku Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Seung-bum Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Tae-young Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sun-jun Park, Daegu, KR;
Dong Ku Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Seung-Bum Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Tae-Young Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sun-Jun Park, Daegu, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A method is for programming a memory block of a non-volatile memory device. The non-volatile memory device is operatively connected to a memory controller, and the memory block defined by a plurality of word lines located between a string select line and a common source line corresponding to the string select line. The method includes programming a first sub-block of the memory block, determining in the non-volatile memory device when a reference word line is programmed during programming of the first sub-block, and partial erasing a second sub-block of the memory block upon determining that the reference word line is programmed during programming of the first sub-block.