Abstract:
A memory device is provided as follows. A memory cell array includes strings including first and second strings. Each string includes a ground selection transistor and cell transistors. First and second ground selection lines are connected to a gate of a first ground selection transistor of the first string and a gate of a second ground selection transistor of the second string, respectively. First and second cell gate lines are connected to a gate of a first cell transistor of the first string and a gate of a second cell transistor of the second string, respectively. A first interconnection unit electrically connects a first portion of the first cell gate line to a first portion of the second cell gate line. A second interconnection unit electrically connects a second portion of the first cell gate line to a second portion of the second cell gate line.
Abstract:
A non-volatile memory device comprises a memory cell array comprising memory cells arranged in rows connected to corresponding word lines and columns connected to corresponding bit lines, a page buffer that stores a program data, a read-write circuit that programs and re-programs the program data into selected memory cells of the memory cell array and reads stored data from the programmed memory cells, and a control circuit that controls the page buffer and the read-write circuit to program the selected memory cells by loaded the program data from in page buffer and to re-program the selected memory cells by re-loaded the program data in the page buffer.
Abstract:
A resistive memory device includes a memory cell array that includes a plurality of memory layers stacked in a vertical direction. Each of the plurality of memory layers includes a plurality of memory cells disposed in regions where a plurality of first lines and a plurality of second lines cross each other. A bad region management unit defines as a bad region a first memory layer including a bad cell from among the plurality of memory cells and at least one second memory layer.
Abstract:
A resistive memory device includes a memory cell array that has a plurality of resistive memory cells that are arranged respectively on regions where a plurality of first signal lines and a plurality of second signal lines cross each other. A write circuit is connected to a selected first signal line that is connected to a selected memory cell from among the plurality of memory cells, and provides pulses to the selected memory cell. A voltage detector detects a node voltage at a connection node between the selected first signal line and the write circuit. A voltage generation circuit generates a first inhibit voltage and a second inhibit voltage that are applied respectively to unselected first and second signal lines connected to unselected memory cells from among the plurality of memory cells, and changes a voltage level of the second inhibit voltage based on the node voltage that is detected.
Abstract:
A method of operating a memory device includes determining a value of an operating current flowing through a selected first signal line, to which a selection voltage is applied, from among a plurality of first signal lines; dividing an array of memory cells into n blocks, n being an integer greater than 1, based on the value of the operating current; and applying inhibit voltages having different voltage levels corresponding to the n blocks to unselected ones of second signal lines included in the n blocks. Each of the unselected second signal lines is a pathway through which leakage current may potentially flow due to the operating current flowing through the selected first signal line and a memory cell addressed by the unselected second signal line and the selected first signal line.
Abstract:
A memory device is provided as follows. A memory cell region includes a plurality of blocks, each block including a plurality of NAND strings. A control logic divides the plurality of blocks into a plurality of block regions based on a smaller distance of a first distance with respect to a first edge of the memory cell region and a second distance with respect to a second edge of the memory cell region and controls an operation performed on the memory cell region using a plurality of bias sets of operation parameters for the operation. Each bias set is associated with one of the block regions.
Abstract:
A method of operating a memory device includes; applying a pre-write voltage to a selected memory cell by applying a first voltage to a first signal line connected to the selected memory cell and a second voltage to a second signal line connected to the selected memory cell during a first set writing interval, wherein a level of the first voltage is higher than a level of the second voltage, and thereafter, applying a write voltage to the selected memory cell by applying a third voltage having a level lower than the level of the first voltage and higher than the level of the second voltage to the first signal line during a second set writing interval.
Abstract:
A memory device is provided as follows. A memory cell region includes a plurality of blocks, each block including a plurality of NAND strings. A control logic divides the plurality of blocks into a plurality of block regions based on a smaller distance of a first distance with respect to a first edge of the memory cell region and a second distance with respect to a second edge of the memory cell region and controls an operation performed on the memory cell region using a plurality of bias sets of operation parameters for the operation. Each bias set is associated with one of the block regions.