IP Library Granted Patent US 9,042,175
Granted Patent B2
US 9,042,175 · App. 13/753,677 · Granted May 26, 2015

Non-volatile memory device and read method thereof

Inventors: Jaesung Sim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Bongyong Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G11C16/26G11C16/06G11C7/04G11C11/5628G11C11/5642G11C16/0483G11C2216/14
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Patent No.
US 9,042,175
App. No.
13/753,677
Granted
May 26, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a nonvolatile memory device which includes a memory cell connected to a bit line and a word line; a page buffer electrically connected to the bit line and sensing data stored in the memory cell; and a control logic controlling the page buffer to vary a develop time of the bit line or a sensing node connected to the bit line according to a current temperature during a read operation.

Claims (36)

1. A nonvolatile memory device, comprising:

a memory cell connected to a bit line and a word line;

a page buffer, including a sensing node, electrically connected to the bit line to read data stored in the memory cell by sensing the sensing node;

a control logic controlling the page buffer to vary a develop time of the bit line being pre-charged according to a current temperature during a read operation; and

wherein the control logic comprises:

a parameter selector selecting a develop time corresponding to the current temperature; and

a timing controller controlling the page buffer to sense the memory cell according to the selected develop time.

2. The nonvolatile memory device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the memory cell is included in a three-dimensional NAND string formed in a direction vertical to a substrate.

3. The nonvolatile memory device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control logic senses the memory cell according to a first develop time when the current temperature is over a reference temperature, and to a second develop time, longer than the first develop time, when the current temperature is below the reference temperature.

4. The nonvolatile memory device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the parameter selector includes develop times corresponding to a plurality of temperature ranges, respectively.

5. The nonvolatile memory device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the develop time of the bit line being pre-charged corresponds to a time when the bit line being pre-charged is electrically isolated from the sensing node.

6. The nonvolatile memory device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control logic controls the page buffer to vary a develop time of the sensing node, the develop time of the sensing node corresponding to a period of time from a point of time when a setup transistor for pre-charging the bit line is turned off, until a point of time when a transistor for connecting the bit line and the sensing node is turned off.

7. The nonvolatile memory device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the page buffer further comprises a clamp transistor for clamping the sensing node into a predetermined level during the develop time of the sensing node.

8. The nonvolatile memory device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a voltage generator adjusting and providing a read voltage to be supplied to the word line according to the current temperature.

9. The nonvolatile memory device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a temperature sensor sensing the current temperature to provide the sensed current temperature to the control logic.

10. A nonvolatile memory device, comprising:

a plurality of memory cells connected in series to a bit line;

a page buffer connected to the bit line and sensing the memory cell;

a voltage generator providing a selection read voltage or a non-selection read voltage to a word line; and

a control logic controlling the page buffer or the voltage generator to adjust channel currents of the memory cells according to a current temperature during a read operation, wherein

the control logic includes:

a parameter selector selecting a develop time corresponding to the current temperature; and

a timing controller controlling the page buffer to sense the memory cell according to the selected develop time.

11. The nonvolatile memory device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the control logic controls the page buffer to adjust a develop time of the bit line according to the current temperature.

12. The nonvolatile memory device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the control logic controls the voltage generator to adjust a level of a non-selection read voltage to be provided to a word line of unselected memory cells according to the current temperature.

13. A nonvolatile memory device, comprising:

a memory cell connected to a bit line and a word line;

a page buffer electrically connected to the bit line and sensing data stored in the memory cell; and

a control logic controlling the page buffer to vary a width of a sensed threshold distribution according to a current temperature during a read operation, wherein

the control logic reduces the width of the sensed voltage distribution when the current temperature of the read operation is less than a temperature at which the memory cell was programmed.

14. The nonvolatile memory device as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising:

a temperature sensor sensing the current temperature to provide the sensed current temperature to the control logic.

15. The nonvolatile memory device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the control logic reduces the width of the sensed voltage distribution by increasing a develop time of the bit line or a sensing node connected to the bit line.

16. The nonvolatile memory device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the memory cell is included in a three-dimensional NAND string formed in a direction vertical to a substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2013
From: SIM, JAESUNG; LEE, BONGYONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029719/0486 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0009552 · Jan 31, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130194872A1 · Aug 1, 2013