| CPC G11C 16/3459 (2013.01) [G11C 16/102 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01)] | 30 Claims |

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1. A memory device, comprising:
first memory cells, each configured to be programmed to have a threshold voltage corresponding to any one of a plurality of program states;
data latches configured to respectively store a plurality of pieces of first logical page data to be stored in the first memory cells; and
a pre-sensing latch configured to store data sensed through a pre-verify operation,
wherein the pre-sensing latch stores second logical page data to be stored in second memory cells when a main verify operation for a threshold program state, among the plurality of program states, has passed.
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