Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for determining memory cell data states
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Application No.: US18376198Application Date: 2023-10-03
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Publication No.: US12112819B2Publication Date: 2024-10-08
- Inventor: Sheyang Ning , Lawrence Celso Miranda , Tomoko Ogura Iwasaki , Ting Luo , Luyen Vu
- 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
- The original application number of the division: US17681976 2022.02.28
- Main IPC: G11C29/42
- IPC: G11C29/42 ; G11C7/10 ; G11C29/12 ; G11C29/44

Abstract:
Apparatus might include an array of memory cells and a controller for access of the array of memory cells. The controller might be configured to cause the apparatus to apply a sense voltage level to a control gate of a memory cell of the array of memory cells, generate N determinations whether the memory cell is deemed to activate or deactivate while applying the sense voltage level, wherein N is an integer value greater than or equal to three, deem the memory cell to have a threshold voltage in a first range of threshold voltages lower than the sense voltage level in response to a majority of the N determinations indicating activation of the memory cell, and deem the memory cell to have a threshold voltage in a second range of threshold voltages higher than the sense voltage level in response to a majority of the N determinations indicating activation of the memory cell.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240029809A1 APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MEMORY CELL DATA STATES Public/Granted day:2024-01-25
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