# US 12,603,141 B2 · Memory system and operating method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,603,141 B2 - Document ID: US12603141B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/423,047 - Filed: 2024-01-25 - Published: 2024-07-25 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2023-01-25 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Minkyeong Choi; Joonsuc Jang; Ji-Sang Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12603141B2 ## CPC - G11C 16/349: {Arrangements for evaluating degradation, retention or wearout, e.g. by counting erase cycles} - G11C 7/04: with means for avoiding disturbances due to temperature effects - G11C 11/5642: {Sensing or reading circuits; Data output circuits} - G11C 16/0483: {comprising cells having several storage transistors connected in series} - G11C 16/08: Address circuits; Decoders; Word-line control circuits - G11C 16/10: Programming or data input circuits - G11C 16/26: Sensing or reading circuits; Data output circuits - G11C 16/32: Timing circuits - G11C 16/3418: {Disturbance prevention or evaluation; Refreshing of disturbed memory data} - G11C: STATIC STORES (semiconductor memory devices H10B) ## Abstract A memory system includes: a memory device including a memory cell array and a control circuit; and a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the memory device to generate a temperature value, wherein the control circuit is configured to: set a compensation sensing parameter based on the temperature value, determine a sensing parameter by applying the compensation sensing parameter to a basic sensing parameter corresponding to a read mode among a plurality of read modes having different read speeds, and read data from the memory cell array based on the sensing parameter. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A memory system comprising: a memory device comprising a memory cell array and a control circuit; and a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the memory device to generate a temperature value, wherein the control circuit is configured to: set a compensation sensing parameter based on the temperature value, determine a sensing parameter by applying the compensation sensing parameter to a basic sensing parameter corresponding to a read mode among a plurality of read modes having different read speeds, wherein the basic sensing parameter is preset in the memory device and/or the control circuit according to a read speed, and read data from the memory cell array based on the sensing parameter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The memory system of claim 1, further comprising a memory controller configured to determine the read mode based on a reliability index of the memory device, wherein the reliability index comprises at least one of an address of a memory cell to be accessed within the memory cell array, a retention time, and a program/erase count of the memory device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The memory system of claim 2, wherein the plurality of read modes comprises a first read mode and a second read mode, wherein the second read mode is associated with a read speed that is slower than a read speed of the first read mode based on a time for applying a voltage to the memory cell array, and wherein the memory controller is further configured to: based on a reliability of the memory device being greater than or equal to a predetermined reference, control the memory device to use a first basic sensing parameter corresponding to the first read mode as the basic sensing parameter, and based on the reliability of the memory device being less than the predetermined reference, control the memory device to use a second basic sensing parameter corresponding to the second read mode as the basic sensing parameter. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The memory system of claim 3, wherein the memory cell array comprises a plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines, and wherein the basic sensing parameter comprises a word line voltage to be applied to a selected word line from the plurality of word lines and a bit line voltage to be applied to a selected bit line from the plurality of bit lines. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The memory system of claim 4, wherein the memory controller is further configured to apply an offset that is set based on a first temperature value of the memory device when the data are programmed in the memory cell array and a second temperature value when the data are read from the memory cell array to the word line voltage. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The memory system of claim 4, wherein the memory cell that is an access target among the memory cell array is connected to the selected word line and the selected bit line, wherein the memory device further comprises: a sensing node connected to the selected bit line; and a page buffer circuit configured to sense the data of the memory cell that is the access target by measuring a current of the sensing node after a sensing node discharge time from a time when the word line voltage and the bit line voltage are applied to the memory cell array, and wherein the basic sensing parameter further comprises the sensing node discharge time. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The memory system of claim 6, wherein the memory device is configured to: based on the read mode being the first read mode and the temperature value being a first temperature, set a first compensation sensing parameter comprising a first sensing node discharge compensation time as the compensation sensing parameter, and based on the read mode being the second read mode, the temperature value being the first temperature, and the first sensing node discharge compensation time being longer than a second sensing node discharge compensation time, set a second compensation sensing parameter comprising the second sensing node discharge compensation time as the compensation sensing parameter. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The memory system of claim 6, wherein the current flowing through the sensing node changes based on the data stored in the memory cell that is the access target, and wherein the memory device is further configured to determine the compensation sensing parameter based on a state of the memory cell that is the access target. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The memory system of claim 8, wherein each memory cell of the plurality of memory cells has a plurality of states, and wherein the memory device is configured to: based on the read mode being the first read mode, the temperature value being a first temperature, and the memory cell that is the access target being at a first state among the plurality of states, set a first compensation sensing parameter comprising a first word line compensation voltage and a first bit line compensation voltage as the compensation sensing parameter, and based on the read mode being the first read mode, the temperature value being the first temperature, and the memory cell that is the access target being at a second state having a threshold voltage lower than that of the first state, set a second compensation sensing parameter comprising a second word line compensation voltage lower than the first word line compensation voltage and a second bit line compensation voltage lower than the first bit line compensation voltage as the compensation sensing parameter. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The memory system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of memory cells have a plurality of states, and wherein the memory device is configured to: based on the read mode being the first read mode, the temperature value being a first temperature, and the memory cell that is the access target being at a first state among the plurality of states, set a first compensation sensing parameter comprising a first sensing node discharge compensation time as the compensation sensing parameter, and based on the read mode being the first read mode, the temperature value being the first temperature, and the memory cell that is the access target being at a second state lower than the first state among the plurality of states, set a second compensation sensing parameter comprising a second sensing node discharge compensation time shorter than the first sensing node discharge compensation time as the compensation sensing parameter. ### Claim 11 (depends on 4) The memory system of claim 4, wherein the memory device is configured to: based on the read mode being the first read mode and the temperature value being a first temperature, set a first compensation sensing parameter comprising a first word line compensation voltage and a first bit line compensation voltage as the compensation sensing parameter, and based on the read mode being the second read mode and the temperature value being the first temperature, and the first word line compensation voltage being greater than a second word line compensation voltage, and the first bit line compensation voltage being greater than a second bit line compensation voltage, set a second compensation sensing parameter comprising the second word line compensation voltage and the second bit line compensation voltage as the compensation sensing parameter. ### Claim 12 A memory system comprising: a memory device comprising a memory cell array and a control circuit; a memory controller configured to determine a read mode among a plurality of read modes associated with different read speeds based on a reliability index of the memory device; and a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the memory device to generate a temperature value, wherein the control circuit is configured to: set a compensation sensing parameter based on the temperature value, determine a sensing parameter by applying the compensation sensing parameter to a basic sensing parameter corresponding to the read mode, and read data from the memory cell array based on the sensing parameter. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The memory system of claim 12, wherein the memory cell array comprises a plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines, each memory cell of the plurality of memory cells having a plurality of states, the basic sensing parameter comprises a word line voltage to be applied to a word line from the plurality of word lines and a bit line voltage to be applied to a bit line from the plurality of bit lines, wherein the memory device is configured to: based on the read mode being a first read mode, the temperature value being a first temperature, and the memory cell that is an access target being at a first state among the plurality of states, set a first compensation sensing parameter comprising a first word line compensation voltage and a first bit line compensation voltage as the compensation sensing parameter, and based on the read mode being the first read mode, the temperature value being the first temperature, and the memory cell that is the access target being at a second state having a threshold voltage lower than that of the first state, set a second compensation sensing parameter comprising a second word line compensation voltage lower than the first word line compensation voltage and a second bit line compensation voltage lower than the first bit line compensation voltage as the compensation sensing parameter. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The memory system of claim 12, wherein the memory cell array comprises a plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines, the plurality of memory cells have a plurality of states, wherein a memory cell that is an access target among the memory cell array is connected to a word line selected from the plurality of word lines and a selected bit line from the plurality of bit lines, wherein the memory device comprises a sensing node connected to the selected bit line, wherein the memory device further comprises a page buffer circuit configured to sense data of the memory cell that is the access target by measuring a current of the sensing node after a sensing node discharge time from a time when a word line voltage and a bit line voltage are applied to the memory cell array, the basic sensing parameter further comprises the sensing node discharge time, wherein the memory device is configured to: based on the read mode being a first read mode, the temperature value is a first temperature, and the memory cell that is the access target being at a first state among the plurality of states, set a first compensation sensing parameter comprising a first sensing node discharge compensation time as the compensation sensing parameter, and based on the read mode being the first read mode, the temperature value being the first temperature, and the memory cell that is the access target being at a second state lower than the first state among the plurality of states, set a second compensation sensing parameter comprising a second sensing node discharge compensation time shorter than the first sensing node discharge compensation time as the compensation sensing parameter. ### Claim 15 An operating method of a memory system, the operating method comprising: receiving, by a memory controller, a read command for a memory device, wherein the memory device comprises a memory cell array; determining, by the memory controller, a reliability of the memory device; determining, by the memory controller, a read mode of the memory device among a plurality of read modes having different read speeds based on the reliability; setting, by the memory device, a compensation sensing parameter based on a temperature and the read mode of the memory device; and reading, by the memory device, data corresponding to the read command based on a basic sensing parameter corresponding to the read mode and the compensation sensing parameter. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The operating method of claim 15, wherein the determining the read mode of the memory device comprises: based on the reliability of the memory device being greater than or equal to a predetermined reference, operating, by the memory controller, the memory device based on a first basic sensing parameter corresponding to a first read mode among the plurality of read modes; and based on the reliability of the memory device being less than the predetermined reference, operating, by the memory controller, the memory device based on a second basic sensing parameter corresponding to a second read mode that has a read speed slower than that of the first read mode among the plurality of read modes. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The operating method of claim 16, wherein the basic sensing parameter comprises a word line voltage to be applied to a word line selected from a plurality of word lines and a bit line voltage to be applied to a bit line selected from a plurality of bit lines, and wherein the setting of the compensation sensing parameter comprises: based on the memory device operating in the first read mode and the temperature of the memory device being a first temperature, setting a first compensation sensing parameter comprising a first word line compensation voltage and a first bit line compensation voltage as the compensation sensing parameter; and based on the memory device operating in the second read mode and the temperature of the memory device being the first temperature, setting a second compensation sensing parameter comprising a second word line compensation voltage lower than the first word line compensation voltage and a second bit line compensation voltage lower than the first bit line compensation voltage as the compensation sensing parameter. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The operating method of claim 17, wherein the setting the compensation sensing parameter comprises: based on the memory device operating in the first read mode, the temperature of the memory device is the first temperature, and a memory cell that is an access target is at a first state among a plurality of states, setting the first compensation sensing parameter comprising the first word line compensation voltage and the first bit line compensation voltage as the compensation sensing parameter; and based on the memory device operating in the first read mode, the temperature of the memory device being the first temperature, and the memory cell that is the access target being at a second state having a threshold voltage lower than that of the first state among the plurality of states, setting the second compensation sensing parameter comprising the second word line compensation voltage lower than the first word line compensation voltage and the second bit line compensation voltage lower than the first bit line compensation voltage as the compensation sensing parameter. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The operating method of claim 16, wherein the memory device comprises a sensing node connected to a memory cell that is an access target connected to a word line selected from a plurality of word lines and a bit line selected from a plurality of bit lines, wherein the memory device senses the data of the memory cell that is the access target by measuring a current of the sensing node after a sensing node discharge time from a time based on a word line voltage and a bit line voltage being applied to the memory cell array, wherein the basic sensing parameter comprising the sensing node discharge time, and wherein the setting the compensation sensing parameter comprises: based on the memory device operating in the first read mode and the temperature of the memory device being a first temperature, setting a first compensation sensing parameter including a first sensing node discharge compensation time as the compensation sensing parameter; and based on the memory device operating in the second read mode and the temperature of the memory device being the first temperature, setting a second compensation sensing parameter including a second sensing node discharge compensation time shorter than the first sensing node discharge compensation time as the compensation sensing parameter. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The operating method of claim 19, wherein the setting the compensation sensing parameter comprises: based on the memory device operating in the first read mode, the temperature of the memory device being the first temperature, and the memory cell that is the access target being at a first state among a plurality of states, setting the first compensation sensing parameter comprising the first sensing node discharge compensation time as the compensation sensing parameter; and based on the read mode being the first read mode, the temperature of the memory device being the first temperature, and the memory cell that is the access target being at a second state lower than the first state among the plurality of states, setting the second compensation sensing parameter comprising the second sensing node discharge compensation time shorter than the first sensing node discharge compensation time as the compensation sensing parameter.