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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2015
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Byoung In Joo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/14 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/3459 (2013.01); G11C 16/14 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit performing a program pulse applying operation and a verify operation on the memory cell array, a pass/fail check circuit performing a pass/fail check operation on a program operation including the program pulse applying operation and the verify operation, and a control logic controlling the peripheral circuit and the pass/fall check circuit to perform the pass/fail check operation during the program pulse applying operation.