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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
May. 30, 2012
Applicants:
SE Jun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hea Jong Yang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Se Jun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hea Jong Yang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/3409 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a non-volatile memory device includes erasing a memory cell block, supplying a first drain turn-on voltage higher than a target level to the drain select line of the memory cell block, and performing a soft program operation by supplying a soft program voltage to the word lines of the memory cell block.