Abstract:
A voltage generator of a nonvolatile memory device includes a charging circuit, a current mirror circuit, a discharging circuit and an output circuit. The charging circuit amplifies a difference between a reference voltage and a feedback voltage to generate a first current. The current mirror circuit is connected to the charging circuit and generates a second current based on the first current. The discharging circuit is connected to the current mirror circuit to draw the second current, and discharges the output voltage to a target level by adjusting discharging amount of the second current based on a sensing voltage which reflects a change of the feedback voltage. The output circuit is connected to the current mirror circuit, and provides the output voltage based on the first current and the second current to a first word-line connected to an output node.
Abstract:
A method of operating a nonvolatile memory device includes erasing data within a NAND string of memory cells within the memory device by applying a non-zero erase voltage to a source/drain terminal at a first end of the NAND string. This erase voltage is applied concurrently with establishing gate-induced drain leakage (GIDL) in a pair of selection transistors within the NAND string. This GIDL can occur by applying unequal and non-zero first and second voltages to respective first and second gate terminals of the pair of selection transistors. The selection transistors can be string selection transistors or ground selection transistors.
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.