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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Dong-kyo Shim, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Dong-Kyo Shim, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/24 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/24 (2013.01); G11C 16/3454 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0411 (2013.01);
Abstract
A non-volatile memory device includes a memory cell array having a plurality of memory cells programmable into one of multiple logic states, the plurality of memory cells disposed at intersections of a plurality of wordlines and a plurality of bitlines, and a plurality of page buffers respectively connected to the plurality of bitlines and performing verifying read operations on the plurality of memory cells. The verifying read operations are performed on a first memory cell having a target state and a second memory cell having a lower state than the target state.