US 12,260,912 B2
Semiconductor device capable of checking deterioration of select transistor and operating method thereof
Hyung Jin Choi, Gyeonggi-do (KR); In Gon Yang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Young Seung Yoo, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/299,714.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0168576 (KR), filed on Dec. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0185919 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01)
CPC G11C 16/0483 (2013.01) [G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/3454 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a memory cell array including a memory block including a plurality of memory strings connected between a plurality of bit lines and a common source line;
a control circuit that generates a page buffer control signal, a voltage control signal, and a drive address signal on the basis of a command signal and an address signal;
a page buffer group including a plurality of page buffers and configured to:
form each of the plurality of bit lines to a preset voltage level on the basis of the page buffer control signal during threshold voltage variation verification on a plurality of select transistors included in the plurality of memory strings, and
generate a threshold voltage variation result on the basis of whether a current path is formed in each of the plurality of bit lines;
a voltage generation circuit that generates a threshold verification voltage and a pass voltage on the basis of the voltage control signal; and
a line drive circuit that drives a plurality of select lines to a level of the threshold verification voltage on the basis of the drive address signal and drives a plurality of word lines to a level of the pass voltage, during the threshold voltage variation verification.