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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
Applicants:
Sangyong Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Jinman Han, Seongnam-si, KR;
Inventors:
Sangyong Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Jinman Han, Seongnam-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 29/024 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the method includes determining whether a selection transistor of a currently programmed memory string in the memory has deteriorated, and copying data in the currently programmed memory string to a different memory string of the memory if the determining determines the selection transistor has deteriorated.