Patents by Inventor Jekyung Choi

Jekyung Choi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240428857
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device is provided. The memory device includes: word lines stacked on a substrate; a string select lines on the word lines, the string select lines being spaced apart from each other in a first horizontal direction and extending in a second horizontal direction; and a memory cell array including memory blocks, each of which includes memory cells connected to the word lines and the string select lines. The string select lines include a first string select line, and a second string select line which is farther from a word line cut region than the first string select line, and a program operation performed on second memory cells connected to a selected word line and the second string select line is performed before a program operation performed on first memory cells connected to the selected word line and the first string select line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuihan KO, Sanwon PARK, Minyong KIM, Jekyung CHOI, Junho CHOI
  • Patent number: 12100452
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device is provided. The memory device includes: word lines stacked on a substrate; a string select lines on the word lines, the string select lines being spaced apart from each other in a first horizontal direction and extending in a second horizontal direction; and a memory cell array including memory blocks, each of which includes memory cells connected to the word lines and the string select lines. The string select lines include a first string select line, and a second string select line which is farther from a word line cut region than the first string select line, and a program operation performed on second memory cells connected to a selected word line and the second string select line is performed before a program operation performed on first memory cells connected to the selected word line and the first string select line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuihan Ko, Sangwon Park, Minyong Kim, Jekyung Choi, Junho Choi
  • Publication number: 20230100548
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device is provided. The memory device includes: word lines stacked on a substrate; a string select lines on the word lines, the string select lines being spaced apart from each other in a first horizontal direction and extending in a second horizontal direction; and a memory cell array including memory blocks, each of which includes memory cells connected to the word lines and the string select lines. The string select lines include a first string select line, and a second string select line which is farther from a word line cut region than the first string select line, and a program operation performed on second memory cells connected to a selected word line and the second string select line is performed before a program operation performed on first memory cells connected to the selected word line and the first string select line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuihan Ko, Sangwon Park, Minyong Kim, Jekyung Choi, Junho Choi