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公开(公告)号:US11282582B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-22
申请号:US16946273
申请日:2020-06-12
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Hong-Yan Chen , Yingda Dong
Abstract: Control logic in a memory device initiates a program operation on the memory device, the program operation comprising a program phase, a program recovery phase, a program verify phase, and a program verify recovery phase. The control logic further causes a negative voltage signal to be applied to a first plurality of word lines of a data block of the memory device during the program verify recovery phase of the program operation, wherein each of the first plurality of word lines is coupled to a corresponding memory cell of a first plurality of memory cells in a string of memory cells in the data block, the first plurality of word lines comprising a selected word line associated with the program operation and one or more data word lines adjacent to the selected word line.
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公开(公告)号:US20230024346A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-26
申请号:US17591361
申请日:2022-02-02
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Xiangyu Yang , Hong-Yan Chen , Ching-Huang Lu
Abstract: A memory device includes unselected sub-block, which includes bit line; drain select (SGD) transistor coupled with bit line; a source voltage line; source select (SGS) transistor coupled with source voltage; and wordlines coupled with gates of string of cells, which have channel coupled between the SGS/SGD transistors. Control logic coupled with unselected sub-block is to: cause the SGD/SGS transistors to turn on while ramping the wordlines from a ground voltage to a pass voltage associated with unselected wordlines in preparation for read operation; cause, while ramping the wordlines, the channel to be pre-charged by ramping voltages on the bit line and the source voltage line to a target voltage that is greater than a source read voltage level; and in response to wordlines reaching the pass voltage, causing the SGD and SGS transistors to be turned off, to leave the channel pre-charged to the target voltage during the read operation.
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公开(公告)号:US20210391016A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-16
申请号:US16946274
申请日:2020-06-12
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Hong-Yan Chen , Yingda Dong
Abstract: A processing device in a memory system initiates a program operation on the memory device, the program operation comprising a seeding phase. The processing device further causes a seeding voltage to be applied to a string of memory cells in a data block of the memory device during the seeding phase of the program operation and causes a positive voltage to be applied to a first plurality of word lines of the data block during the seeding phase. Each of the first plurality of word lines is coupled to a corresponding memory cell of a first plurality of memory cells in the string, the first plurality of word lines comprising a selected word line associated with the program operation.
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公开(公告)号:US20210202009A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-01
申请号:US16991836
申请日:2020-08-12
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu , Tomoko Ogura Iwasaki , Erwin E. Yu , Hong-Yan Chen , Yunfei Xu
Abstract: A processing device in a memory system receives an erase request to erase data stored at a data block of a memory device, the erase request identifying a selected sub-block of a plurality of sub-blocks of the data block for erase, each of the plurality of sub-blocks comprising select gate devices (SGDs) and data storage devices. For each sub-block of the plurality of sub-blocks not selected for erase, the processing device applies an input voltage at a bitline of the respective sub-block and applies a plurality of gate voltages to a plurality of wordlines of the respective sub-block, the plurality of wordlines are coupled to the SGDs and to the data storage devices, each voltage of the plurality of voltages applied to a successive wordline of the plurality of wordlines is less than a previous voltage applied to a previous wordline by an amount equal to a step down interval.
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公开(公告)号:US11894069B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-06
申请号:US17591361
申请日:2022-02-02
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Xiangyu Yang , Hong-Yan Chen , Ching-Huang Lu
CPC classification number: G11C16/26 , G11C16/0433 , G11C16/08 , G11C16/102 , G11C16/24 , G11C16/30
Abstract: A memory device includes unselected sub-block, which includes bit line; drain select (SGD) transistor coupled with bit line; a source voltage line; source select (SGS) transistor coupled with source voltage; and wordlines coupled with gates of string of cells, which have channel coupled between the SGS/SGD transistors. Control logic coupled with unselected sub-block is to: cause the SGD/SGS transistors to turn on while ramping the wordlines from a ground voltage to a pass voltage associated with unselected wordlines in preparation for read operation; cause, while ramping the wordlines, the channel to be pre-charged by ramping voltages on the bit line and the source voltage line to a target voltage that is greater than a source read voltage level; and in response to wordlines reaching the pass voltage, causing the SGD and SGS transistors to be turned off, to leave the channel pre-charged to the target voltage during the read operation.
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公开(公告)号:US11688471B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-27
申请号:US17689862
申请日:2022-03-08
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Hong-Yan Chen , Yingda Dong
CPC classification number: G11C16/3436 , G11C16/08 , G11C16/10 , G11C16/26 , G11C16/3413
Abstract: Control logic in a memory device initiates a program operation on the memory device, the program operation comprising a program phase, a program recovery phase, a program verify phase, and a program verify recovery phase. The control logic further causes a negative voltage signal to be applied to a first plurality of word lines of a data bock of the memory device during the program verify recovery phase of the program operation, wherein each of the first plurality of word lines is coupled to a corresponding memory cell of a first plurality of memory cells in a string of memory cells in the data block, the first plurality of word lines comprising a selected word line associated with the program operation and one or more data word lines adjacent to the selected word line.
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公开(公告)号:US11183245B1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-23
申请号:US16910789
申请日:2020-06-24
Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Hong-Yan Chen , Yingda Dong
Abstract: Control logic in a memory device initiates a program operation on a memory array, the program operation comprising a pre-boosting phase occurring prior to a program phase. The control logic causes a first positive pre-boosting voltage to be applied to a first plurality of word lines of a data block of the memory array during the pre-boosting phase, wherein each of the first plurality of word lines is coupled to a corresponding memory cell of a first plurality of memory cells in a string of memory cells in the data block, the first plurality of word lines comprising a selected word line associated with the program operation. The control logic causes a second positive pre-boosting voltage to be applied to a second plurality of word lines of the data block during the pre-boosting phase, wherein the second plurality of word lines is adjacent to the first plurality of wordlines, wherein each of the second plurality of word lines is coupled to a corresponding memory cell of a second plurality of memory cells in the string of memory cells, and wherein the second positive pre-booting voltage has a lower magnitude than the first positive pre-boosting voltage. The control logic further causes the second positive pre-boosting voltage to be ramped down to a ground voltage during the pre-boosting phase prior to the first positive pre-boosting voltage being ramped down to the ground voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US20250118365A1
公开(公告)日:2025-04-10
申请号:US18987269
申请日:2024-12-19
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Hong-Yan Chen , Priya Vemparala Guruswamy , Pamela Castalino , Tomoko Ogura Iwasaki
Abstract: Control logic in a memory device causes a programming pulse to be applied to a set of wordlines, where the programming pulse causes a set of electrons to be injected into a first set of gate regions and a second set of gate regions. The control logic executes a first erase sub-operation on a first subset of the set of wordlines to remove a first subset of the set of electrons from the first set of gate regions. The control logic executes a second erase sub-operation on a second subset of the set of wordlines to remove a second subset of the set of electrons from the second set of gate regions.
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公开(公告)号:US12068037B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-20
申请号:US18224179
申请日:2023-07-20
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu , Tomoko Ogura Iwasaki , Erwin E. Yu , Hong-Yan Chen , Yunfei Xu
CPC classification number: G11C16/16 , G06F3/0604 , G06F3/064 , G06F3/0652 , G06F3/0679 , G11C16/0483 , G11C16/08
Abstract: A processing device in a memory system connects a first data block of the memory device to a second data block of the memory device to generate a combined data block comprising a first plurality of sub-blocks of the first data block and a second plurality of sub-blocks of the second data block, wherein the connecting includes: for each wordline of a first plurality of wordlines of the first data block, creating a wordline connection short between the respective wordline of the first data block and a corresponding wordline of a second plurality of wordlines of the second data block, wherein the first plurality of wordlines and the second plurality of wordlines comprise data wordlines; and driving a first data wordline of the first data block and a second wordline of the second data block using a single string driver of the memory device.
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公开(公告)号:US20230360709A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-09
申请号:US18224179
申请日:2023-07-20
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu , Tomoko Ogura Iwasaki , Erwin E. Yu , Hong-Yan Chen , Yunfei Xu
CPC classification number: G11C16/16 , G06F3/0604 , G06F3/0652 , G11C16/0483 , G06F3/0679 , G11C16/08 , G06F3/064
Abstract: A processing device in a memory system connects a first data block of the memory device to a second data block of the memory device to generate a combined data block comprising a first plurality of sub-blocks of the first data block and a second plurality of sub-blocks of the second data block, wherein the connecting includes: for each wordline of a first plurality of wordlines of the first data block, creating a wordline connection short between the respective wordline of the first data block and a corresponding wordline of a second plurality of wordlines of the second data block, wherein the first plurality of wordlines and the second plurality of wordlines comprise data wordlines; and driving a first data wordline of the first data block and a second wordline of the second data block using a single string driver of the memory device.
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