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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Yu-Ming Chang, Pingtung County, TW;
Hsiang-Pang Li, Zhubei, TW;
Hsin-Yu Chang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Chien-Chung Ho, Taichung, TW;
Yuan-Hao Chang, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2013.01); G11C 16/14 (2013.01); G11C 16/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
An erasing method and a memory device are provided. The memory device includes a plurality of memory blocks. Each of the memory blocks has n sub-blocks. The erasing method includes the following steps. A first erase region is selected from a first memory block of the memory blocks, and the first erase region includes at least one sub-block. A sub-block erase operation is performed on the first erase region of the first memory block.