Method of partial page fail bit detection in flash memory...

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2007-12-04

2007-12-04

Dinh, Son (Department: 2824)

Static information storage and retrieval

Floating gate

Particular biasing

C365S185090, C365S185290

Reexamination Certificate

active

11428083

ABSTRACT:
A flash memory device, and a method of operating the same, is disclosed. The array of the flash memory device is arranged in pages of memory cells, each page having memory cells associated into groups of memory cells within the page for purposes of fail bit detection in program verification. For example, these groups may correspond to sectors within the page. In a programming operation, the verify process determines whether each group of memory cells within the page has fewer than a selected ignore bit limit for the sector. If not, additional programming is required for the insufficiently programmed cells in the page. By applying a fail bit detection threshold for each of multiple groups within the page, the efficiency of error correction coding in the flash memory is improved. A similar verify and fail bit detection approach may be used in erase and soft programming operations.

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