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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Jun-Ho Jang, Suwon-si, KR;
In-Hwan Choi, Seoul, KR;
Woon-Jae Chung, Gunpo-si, KR;
Song-Ho Yoon, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyung-Wook Ye, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7208 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a memory system and a method of programming a multi-bit flash memory device which includes memory cells configured to store multi-bit data, where the method includes and the system is configured for determining whether data to be stored in a selected memory cell is an LSB data; and if data to be stored in a selected memory cell is not an LSB data, backing up lower data stored in the selected memory cell to a backup memory block of the multi-bit flash memory device.