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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Hee Youl Lee, Icheon-si, KR;
Hyun Seung Yoo, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK HYNIX INC., Icheon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/3459 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit for applying a program voltage and verifying whether a program of the memory cell array has been completed, and a control logic for controlling the peripheral circuit to apply an increased program voltage to the memory cell array while applying a reprogram permission voltage to a bit line coupled to the memory cells that previously passed a program verification but has failed a program re-verification.