Program-disturb decoupling for adjacent wordlines of a memory device

US9105314B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9105314-B2
Application numberUS-201213457799-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateApr 27, 2012
Priority dateApr 27, 2012
Publication dateAug 11, 2015
Grant dateAug 11, 2015

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Subject matter disclosed herein relates to memory operations regarding programming bits into a memory array.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising: selecting two adjacent wordlines of a memory cell array; arranging program bits to be written to said memory cell array into a buffer so as to write said bits to both of said two adjacent wordlines, said program bits comprising zero-bits and one-bits; and writing said one-bits to both of said two adjacent wordlines before writing said zero-bits to both of said two adjacent wordlines. 2. The method of claim 1 ,…

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What does patent US9105314B2 cover?
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to memory operations regarding programming bits into a memory array.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Bedeschi Ferdinando, Micron Technology Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G11C8/08. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 11 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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