Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory device and method of reading data
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Application No.: US17099678Application Date: 2020-11-16
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Publication No.: US11380404B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Su Chang Jeon , Seung Bum Kim , Ji Young Lee
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Volentine, Whitt & Francos, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2018-0113034 20180920
- Main IPC: G11C16/24
- IPC: G11C16/24 ; G11C16/12 ; G11C16/26

Abstract:
A non-volatile memory includes a memory cell region including an outer region proximate a first end of the memory cell region and an inner region separated from the first end by the outer region, first and second bit lines, an outer memory cell string including memory cells connected to an outer pillar extending vertically upward through the outer region, and an inner memory cell string including memory cells connected to an inner pillar extending vertically upward through the inner region, and a data input/output (I/O). The data I/O circuit includes a page buffer circuit that connects the first bit line during a first read operation directed to memory cells of the outer memory cell string, and connects the second bit line during a second read operation directed to memory cells of the inner memory cell string, and a read voltage determination unit that selects a first optimal read voltage used during the first read operation, and a second optimal read voltage used during the second read operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210074364A1 MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF READING DATA Public/Granted day:2021-03-11
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