Non-volatile memory device
View Patent ↗A non-volatile memory device includes a sensing circuit that is configured to detect a charge of a common source line and a voltage controller that is configured to vary a level of a voltage being inputted to a word line in response to a result of the detection of the sensing circuit.
1. A non-volatile memory device comprising:
a sensing circuit configured to detect amounts of charges of a common source line, the sensing circuit including a pull-up driver configured to charge a first node in response to the charges of the common source line and a pull-down driver configured to discharge the first node; and
a voltage controller configured to selectively vary a level of a voltage being inputted to a word line according to a result of the detection of the sensing circuit.
2. The non-volatile memory device of claim 1 , wherein the sensing circuit detects the amounts of the charges of the common source line during a verifying operation.
3. The non-volatile memory device of claim 1 , wherein the pull-down driver discharges the first node constantly.
4. The non-volatile memory device of claim 3 , wherein the sensing circuit further includes a buffer for buffering a signal of the first node.
5. The non-volatile memory device of claim 1 , wherein the voltage controller selectively increases the level of the voltage according to the result of the detection.
6. The non-volatile memory device of claim 1 , wherein the voltage controller varies the level of the voltage in proportion to the amounts of the charges of the common source line.
7. The non-volatile memory device of claim 1 , comprising a plurality of memory cells connected in series between the common source line and a bit line, the word line being connected to a gate of one of the memory cells.
8. A non-volatile memory device comprising:
a sensing circuit configured to detect amounts of charges of a common source line; and
a voltage controller configured to selectively vary a level of a voltage being inputted to a word line according to a result of the detection of the sensing circuit, the voltage controller including a reference voltage supplying circuit configured to output a reference voltage that varies depending on the result of the detection and a comparing circuit configured to compare a first voltage with the reference voltage.
9. The non-volatile memory device of claim 8 , wherein the reference voltage supplying circuit varies the reference voltage in proportion to the amounts of the charges of the common source line.
10. The non-volatile memory device of claim 8 , wherein the reference voltage supplying circuit includes:
a first switching unit configured to provide a first reference voltage to the comparing circuit in response to the result of the detection; and
a second switching unit configured to provide a second reference voltage smaller than the first reference voltage to the comparing circuit in response to the result of the detection,
wherein the first switching unit and the second switching unit operate selectively according to the result of the detection.