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Granted Patent B2
US 8,787,100 · App. 13/710,504 · Granted Jul 22, 2014

Non-volatile memory device generating a reset pulse based on a set pulse, and method of operating the same

Inventors: Yong Jin Kwon (Suwon-si, KR); Kwang Jin Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Hye-Jin Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G11C7/22G11C29/021G11C29/028G11C29/023G11C13/0061G11C2013/0088G11C13/00G11C13/0069G11C13/0004
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Patent No.
US 8,787,100
App. No.
13/710,504
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A non-volatile memory device includes a set pulse generator configured to generate a set pulse, a reset pulse generator configured to generate a reset pulse based on the set pulse, and a write driver block configured to write second data to a second non-volatile memory cell using the reset pulse, while writing first data to a first non-volatile memory cell using the set pulse.

Claims (24)

1. A method of operating a non-volatile memory device comprising:

generating a set pulse for writing first data to a first memory cell; and

generating a reset pulse based on the set pulse after programmed delay for writing second data to a second memory cell.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the programmed delay is determined based on information set in a programmable memory.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the programmed delay is determined based on whether each fuse of the programmable memory is cut.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reset pulse is generated when the set pulse is activated.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reset pulse is generated when the set pulse is deactivated.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reset pulse is generated such that the reset pulse is deactivated when the set pulse is deactivated.

7. A method of operating a non-volatile memory device comprising:

generating a set pulse; and

generating a reset pulse based on the set pulse after programmed delay,

wherein the reset pulse is generated such that a duration of the reset pulse exists within a duration of the set pulse.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set pulse comprises a plurality of pulses having overlapping durations, and wherein the reset pulse is generated based on one pulse of the plurality of pulses.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

selecting and outputting the one pulse of the plurality of pulses in response to selection signals corresponding to the programmed delay.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

substantially simultaneously programming second data to a second non-volatile memory cell using the reset pulse and first data to a first non-volatile memory cell using the set pulse.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

writing the second data corresponding to the reset pulse to the second memory cell using a second switching circuit that operates in response to a switching signal, while writing the first data corresponding to the set pulse to the first memory cell using a first switching circuit that operates in response to the switching signal,

wherein the switching signal is deactivated in response to deactivation of one of the set pulse and the reset pulse.

12. A method of operating a non-volatile memory device, the method comprising:

generating a reset pulse based on a set pulse;

providing a reset signal generated according to the reset pulse to a second non-volatile memory cell, while providing a set signal generated according to the set pulse to a first non-volatile memory cell; and

simultaneously blocking the set signal from being supplied to the first non-volatile memory cell and the reset signal from being supplied to the second non-volatile memory cell, in response to deactivation of one of the set pulse and the reset pulse.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2012
From: KWON, YONG JIN; LEE, KWANG JIN; KIM, HYE-JIN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029445/0192 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0037466 · Apr 10, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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