Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Page buffer circuit of memory device and program method
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Application No.: US12419974Application Date: 2009-04-07
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Publication No.: US07848157B2Publication Date: 2010-12-07
- Inventor: Jin-Yong Seong
- Applicant: Jin-Yong Seong
- Applicant Address: KR Icheon-si
- Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Icheon-si
- Agency: Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
- Priority: KR10-2006-0096185 20060929
- Main IPC: G11C7/10
- IPC: G11C7/10

Abstract:
A page buffer circuit of a memory device including a plurality of Multi-Level Cells (MLCs) connected to at least a pair of bit lines includes a Most Significant Bit (MSB) latch, a Least Significant Bit (LSB) latch, a data I/O circuit, an inverted output circuit, a MSB verification circuit, and a LSB verification circuit. The MSB latch is configured to sense a voltage of a sensing node in response to a control signal and store an upper sensing data, and output an inverted upper sensing data, or store an input data and output an inverted input data. The LSB latch is configured to sense a voltage of the sensing node in response to the control signal, and store and output a lower sensing data, or store and output an input data received through the MSB latch. The data I/O circuit is connected to the MSB latch and a data I/O line, and is configured to perform the input and output of a sensing data or the input and output of a program data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090196111A1 PAGE BUFFER CIRCUIT OF MEMORY DEVICE AND PROGRAM METHOD Public/Granted day:2009-08-06
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