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Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2016
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Icheon, KR;

Inventors:

Kyung-Wan Kim, Icheon, KR;

Yong-Taek Park, Icheon, KR;

Assignee:

SK HYNIX INC., Icheon, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/0097 (2013.01); G11C 13/0007 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating an electronic device including a variable resistance element comprises performing a reset operation on the variable resistance element. The variable resistance element is fully reset by a first reset voltage applied thereto. The performing of the reset operation includes applying a second reset voltage to the variable resistance element, the second reset voltage having a magnitude smaller than that of the first reset voltage, determining whether the variable resistance element is mildly reset or not, and applying a third reset voltage to the variable resistance element when it is determined that the variable resistance element is mildly reset, or terminating the reset operation when it is determined that the variable resistance element is fully reset, the third reset voltage having a magnitude smaller than that of the first reset voltage.


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