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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2008
Sung-kyu JO, Yongin-si, KR;
Yong-tae Yim, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung-Kyu Jo, Yongin-si, KR;
Yong-Tae Yim, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are program and read methods for a nonvolatile memory system, including determining to program first data in which one of fast and normal modes; providing the first data with an error code generated by a multi-bit ECC engine, in the fast mode, and generating second data; programming the second data in a cell array by a program voltage having a second start level higher than a first start level; and reading the second data from the cell array, the second data being output after processed by the multi-bit ECC engine that detects and corrects an error from the second data.