Patent ID: 11942165
Assignee: YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. A method of programming a memory device that includes memory cells, comprising:
storing inhibit information to a first latch circuit and a second latch circuit during a verification operation;
inverting the inhibit information in the first latch circuit to form inverted inhibit information in the first latch circuit, wherein the inverted inhibit information indicates unverified states of the memory cells that include a first state and remaining states subsequent to the first state during the verification operation;
storing first state failure verification information in the first latch circuit, wherein the first state failure verification information indicates the memory cells that fail a first state verification during the verification operation; and
storing failure pattern data in the second latch circuit during the verification operation, wherein the failure pattern data indicates which of the memory cells fails the verification.