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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
May. 17, 2014
Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Chung-Shan Kuo, New Taipei, TW;
ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method for programming memory cells of a selected word line has steps of: providing a first word line programming signal being at plurality of voltage levels in different programming slots of a current programming operation to the memory cells of the selected word line, wherein the first word line programming signal is a ramping voltage signal; and providing a second line programming signal being at plurality of voltage levels in different programming slots of a next programming operation to the memory cells of the selected word line, wherein the second word line programming signal is another one ramping voltage signal; wherein the highest voltage levels of the first and second word line programming signals are identical to each other, and a number of the voltage levels of the first word line programming signal is larger than that of the second word line programming signal.