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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2013
Applicants:
Eun Chu OH, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jaehong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jongha Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Junjin Kong, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Eun Chu Oh, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jaehong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jongha Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Junjin Kong, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); H01L 27/115 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5641 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5646 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); H01L 27/11582 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the method includes overwriting a memory cell storing m-bit data to store n-bit data, where n is less than or equal to m. The memory cell has one of a first plurality of program states when storing the m-bit data, and the memory cell has one of a second plurality of program states when storing the n-bit data. The second plurality of program states include at least one program state not in the first plurality of program states.