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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Chin-Hung Chang, Tainan, TW;
Chia-Feng Cheng, Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Chen Wang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Ken-Hui Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Kuen-Long Chang, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 29/42 (2006.01); G11C 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G11C 16/00 (2013.01); G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 29/42 (2013.01); G06F 2212/403 (2013.01);
Abstract
An erasing method of a memory device is provided. The memory device includes a memory controller and a memory array having a first memory region and a second memory region. The first memory region and the second memory region share the same well. The erasing method comprising steps of: erasing the first memory region; and selectively programming the second memory region according to an error correction code algorithm.