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Semiconductor memory device and operating method thereof

US9672914B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 2016
Grant dateJun 6, 2017
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C16/3459
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided herein are a semiconductor memory device and an operating method thereof. The semiconductor memory device may include a memory cell array, peripheral circuits, and a control logic. The memory cell array may include a plurality of memory strings. The peripheral circuits may program the memory cell array. The control logic may control the peripheral circuits and execute instructions for performing a first program operation by applying a program voltage to at least two selected word lines, among a plurality of word lines of the memory cell array, at a same time, and, after the first program operation, performing a second program operation by applying the program voltage to each of the selected word lines one at a time.

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