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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sang-Wan Nam, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Kuihan Ko, Seoul, KR;
Yang-Lo Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Kitae Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A driving method of a nonvolatile memory device includes receiving a program command and an address. The method includes changing a number of adjacent zones of a plurality of zones formed of unselected word lines according to a location of a selected word line corresponding to the received address. The method further includes applying different zone voltages to the number of adjacent zones and remaining zones. The nonvolatile memory device includes a plurality of strings formed to penetrate word lines stacked on a substrate in a plate shape.