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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Wandong Kim, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A method of operating a nonvolatile memory device includes: first programming a target transistor of a cell string of the nonvolatile memory device, wherein the target transistor has a first threshold voltage distribution after the first programming, and wherein the cell string includes a plurality of transistors; and second programming the target transistor of the cell string, wherein the first transistor has a second threshold voltage distribution after the second programming, wherein a width of the second threshold voltage distribution is less than a width of the first threshold voltage distribution.