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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Inventors:
Young Woo Jung, Osan-Si, KR;
Hee Tak Shin, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Jinwoo Jung, Seoul, KR;
Sung Woo Jo, Suwon-Si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory device and a memory controller. The nonvolatile memory device includes first memory blocks configured to store m-bit data per cell and second memory blocks configured to store n-bit data per cell. The memory controller is configured to control the nonvolatile memory device to close an open word line generated in a second memory block of the second memory blocks when a program operation is performed on the second memory block.