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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
DongHun Kwak, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); H01L 27/115 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); H01L 27/11582 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operating method of a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of strings each string including at least two pillars penetrating wordlines disposed at different layers. The operating method includes applying unselected wordline voltages to unselected wordlines, and applying a selected wordline voltage to a selected wordline, and the unselected wordline voltage applied to the same layer as a layer of the selected wordline is different from the unselected wordline voltage applied to a different layer than the layer of the selected wordline.