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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Skymedi Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Han-Lung Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Ming-Hung Chou, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
SKYMEDI Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/3454 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of programming a multi-bit per cell non-volatile memory is disclosed. In one embodiment, the non-volatile memory is read to obtain a first data of a most-significant-bit (MSB) page on a current word line that succeeds in data reading, wherein the current word line follows a preceding word line on which data reading fails. At least one reference voltage is set. The MSB page on the current word line is secondly programmed with a second data according to the reference voltage, the second data being different from the first data.