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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Inventors:
Hyun-Wook Park, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Jung-Soo Kim, Yongin-Si, KR;
Jaeyong Jeong, Yongin-Si, KR;
Kitae Park, Seongnam-Si, KR;
Youngsun Song, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/22 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/225 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of programming a storage device comprises determining whether at least one open page exists in a memory block of a nonvolatile memory device, and as a consequence of determining that at least one open page exists in the memory block, closing the at least one open page through a dummy pattern program operation, and thereafter performing a continuous writing operation on the memory block.