Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods of operating a memory device comparing input data to data stored in memory cells coupled to a data line
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Application No.: US15645009Application Date: 2017-07-10
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Publication No.: US10332605B2Publication Date: 2019-06-25
- Inventor: Kenneth J. Eldredge , Frankie F. Roohparvar , Luca De Santis , Tommaso Vali
- Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC
- Main IPC: G11C15/00
- IPC: G11C15/00 ; G11C16/28 ; G11C15/04 ; G11C16/04

Abstract:
Methods of operating a memory device include comparing input data to data stored in memory cells coupled to a data line, comparing a representation of a level of current in the data line to a reference, and determining that the input data potentially matches the data stored in the memory cells when the representation of the level of current in the data line is less than the reference. Methods of operating a memory device further include comparing input data to first data and to second data stored in memory cells coupled to a first data line or to a second data line, respectively, comparing representations of the levels of current in the first data line and in the second data line to a first reference and to a different second reference, and deeming one to be a closer match to the input data in response to results of the comparisons.
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