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Methods of operating a nonvolatile memory device and the nonvolatile memory device thereof

US10332607B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 4, 2017
Grant dateJun 25, 2019
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2211/5642
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method of operating a nonvolatile memory device including a memory cell array, where the memory cell array includes a plurality of pages, and each of the plurality of pages includes a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells, a first sampling read operation is performed to count a first number of memory cells in a first region of a first page selected from the plurality of pages, using a first default read voltage and a first offset read voltage, and a second sampling read operation is selectively performed to count a second number of memory cells in a second region of the first page, using the first default read voltage and a second offset read voltage, based on a comparison result of the first number and a first reference value. The second offset read voltage is different from the first offset read voltage.

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