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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2015
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Ming Chang, Pingtung County, TW;
Hsiang-Pang Li, Zhubei, TW;
Hung-Sheng Chang, Hsin-chu, TW;
Chih-Chang Hsieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Kuo-Pin Chang, Miaoli County, TW;
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A memory device and an erase method for the memory device are provided. The memory device includes plural blocks and a controller. The plural blocks include at least one first block and at least one second block. The erase method is controlled by the controller and includes the following steps. A first stage erase operation and a second stage erase operation are sequentially performed on the at least one first block in a first time interval and a second time interval. The first stage erase operation and the second stage erase operation are sequentially performed on the at least one second block in the second time interval and a third time interval.