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US 11,942,166 · App. 18/192,367 · Granted Mar 26, 2024

Nonvolatile memory device, storage device including nonvolatile memory device, and operating method of nonvolatile memory device

Inventors: Yongsung Cho (Hwaseong-si, KR); Bong-Kil Jung (Seoul, KR); Hangil Jeong (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G11C16/3459G11C16/10G11C16/24G11C16/26G11C16/30G11C16/32
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Patent No.
US 11,942,166
App. No.
18/192,367
Granted
Mar 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An operating method of a nonvolatile memory device includes receiving, at the nonvolatile memory device, a suspend command, suspending, at the nonvolatile memory device, a program operation being performed, in response to the suspend command, receiving, at the nonvolatile memory device, a resume command, and resuming, at the nonvolatile memory device, the suspended program operation in response to the resume command. The program operation includes program loops, each of which includes a bit line setup interval, a program interval, and a verify interval. In the program interval of each of the program loops, a level of a program voltage to be applied to selected memory cells of the nonvolatile memory device increases as much as a first voltage. A difference between a level of the program voltage finally applied s suspend and a level of the program voltage applied first after resume is different from the first voltage.

Claims (25)

1. A nonvolatile memory device comprising:

a memory cell region including memory cells and first metal pads; and

a peripheral region comprising:

second metal pads;

a row decoder connected with the memory cells through word lines, and configured to apply a program voltage to a word line selected from the word lines in a program interval of each of program loops of a program operation and to apply verification voltages to the selected word line in a verify interval of each of the program loops;

a page buffer connected with the memory cells through bit lines, and configured to apply voltages to the bit lines in a bit line setup interval of each of the program loops of the program operation; and

control logic configured to control the row decoder and the page buffer in response to a program command such that the program operation is initiated,

wherein, in the program interval of each of the program loops, the row decoder increases a level of the program voltage applied to the selected word line as much as a first voltage,

wherein the control logic controls the row decoder and the page buffer to suspend the program operation in response to receiving a suspend command and to resume the suspended program operation in response to receiving a resume command from an external device,

wherein, in response to the resume command, the control logic is configured to set the level of the program voltage of the resumed program operation such that a difference between a level of the program voltage finally applied to the selected word line before the program operation is suspended and a level of the program voltage applied first to the selected word line after the suspended program operation is resumed corresponds to a second voltage different from the first voltage and the difference is based on a duration of the suspension,

wherein the peripheral region is vertically connected to the memory cell region by the first metal pads and the second metal pads.

2. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 1 , wherein the control logic is further configured to:

count a time from when the program operation is suspended to when the suspended program operations is resumed; and

adjust the second voltage based on the counted time.

3. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 2 , wherein the control logic is further configured to:

control the row decoder and the page buffer to verify selected memory cells connected with the selected word line after the suspended program operation is resumed; and

adjust the second voltage further based on a result of the verification.

4. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 1 , wherein the control logic is further configured to:

while the program operation is suspended, perform, in response to another command, an operation specified by the another command.

5. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 1 , wherein the suspend command includes a read command, and

wherein the control logic is further configured to:

control the row decoder and the page buffer, in response to the read command, to perform a read operation after the program operation is suspended.

6. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 1 , wherein, in the program interval of each of the program loops, the row decoder further applies a second program voltage to the selected word line, and

wherein, in the program interval of each of the program loops, the row decoder increases a level of the second program voltage as much as a third voltage.

7. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 6 , wherein a difference between a level of the second program voltage finally applied to the selected word line before the program operation is suspended and a level of the second program voltage applied first to the selected word line after the suspended program operation is resumed corresponds to a fourth voltage different from the third voltage.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0053180 · May 4, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 17134968 · Dec 28, 2020
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