Patent ID: 7791942

Claim:
A method of operating a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory cells, the method comprising: stabilizing recorded data by inducing a boosting voltage on a channel of a memory cell in which the recorded'data is recorded, the memory cell being selected from a plurality of memory cells, and the boosting voltage on the channel of the selected memory cell being induced by a channel voltage of at least one memory cell connected to the selected memory cell; wherein the inducing of the boosting voltage includes, applying a pass voltage to a wordline coupled to the at least one memory cell connected to the selected memory cell, the boosting voltage being capacitively induced from the pass voltage, turning off string select transistors that are at a first end of the plurality of memory cells and are between a plurality of bit lines and the plurality of memory cells, and turning off ground select transistors that are at a second end of the plurality of memory cells and are between a common source line and the plurality of memory cells, and wherein the plurality of memory cells are arranged between the common source line and the plurality of bit lines on a semiconductor substrate.