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公开(公告)号:US20190043923A1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-07
申请号:US16145084
申请日:2018-09-27
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Shafqat AHMED , Kiran PANGAL
Abstract: A single memory cell array is formed to maintain current delivery and mitigate current spike through the deposition of resistive materials in two or more regions of the array, including at least one region of memory cells nearer to contacts on the conductive lines and at least one region of memory cells farther from the contacts, where the contacts connect the conductive lines to the current source. Higher and lower resistive materials are introduced during the formation of the memory cells and the conductive lines based on the boundaries and dimensions of the two or more regions using a photo mask. Multiple memory cell arrays formed to maintain current delivery and mitigate current spike can be arranged into a three-dimensional memory cell array. The regions of memory cells in each memory cell array can vary depending on resistance at the contacts on the conductive lines that provide access to the memory cells, where the resistance can vary from one memory cell array to another.
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公开(公告)号:US20220415425A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-29
申请号:US17358421
申请日:2021-06-25
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Hemant P. RAO , Raymond W. ZENG , Prashant S. DAMLE , Zion S. KWOK , Kiran PANGAL , Mase J. TAUB
Abstract: A read technique for both SLC (single level cell) and MLC (multi-level cell) cross-point memory can mitigate drift-related errors with minimal or no drift tracking. In one example, a read at a higher magnitude voltage is applied first, which causes the drift for cells in a lower threshold voltage state to be reset. In one example, the read at the first voltage can be a full float read to minimize disturb. A second read can then be performed at a lower voltage without the need to adjust the read voltage due to drift.
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公开(公告)号:US20190057728A1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-21
申请号:US16036756
申请日:2018-07-16
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Rakesh JEYASINGH , Nevil N GAJERA , Mase J. TAUB , Kiran PANGAL
Abstract: Examples may include techniques to mitigate bias drift for memory cells of a memory device. A first memory cell coupled with a first word-line and a bit-line is selected for a write operation. A second memory cell coupled with a second word-line and the bit-line is de-selected for the write operation. First and second bias voltages are applied to the first word-line and the bit-line during the write operation to program the first memory cell. A third bias voltage is applied to the second word-line during the write operation to reduce or mitigate voltage bias to the second memory cell due to the second bias voltage applied to the bit-line to program the first memory cell.
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公开(公告)号:US20200035300A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-30
申请号:US16593530
申请日:2019-10-04
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Sanjay RANGAN , Kiran PANGAL , Nevil N. GAJERA , Lu LIU , Gayathri RAO SUBBU
Abstract: Phase change material can be set with a multistage set process. Set control logic can heat a phase change semiconductor material (PM) to a first temperature for a first period of time. The first temperature is configured to promote nucleation of a crystalline state of the PM. The control logic can increase the temperature to a second temperature for a second period of time. The second temperature is configured to promote crystal growth within the PM. The nucleation and growth of the crystal set the PM to the crystalline state. The multistage ramping up of the temperature can improve the efficiency of the set process relative to traditional approaches.
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公开(公告)号:US20190096482A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-28
申请号:US16140441
申请日:2018-09-24
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Raymond W. ZENG , Mase J. TAUB , Kiran PANGAL , Sandeep K. GULIANI
CPC classification number: G11C13/0028 , G11C8/06 , G11C13/0004 , G11C13/0007 , G11C13/0021 , G11C13/0023 , G11C13/0026 , G11C13/003 , G11C13/0033 , G11C13/004 , G11C13/0061 , G11C13/0069 , G11C13/0097 , G11C16/08 , G11C16/3418 , G11C2013/0052 , G11C2013/0092
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to phase change memory control. An apparatus includes a memory controller. The memory controller includes a word line (WL) control module and a bit line (BL) control module. The memory controller is to determine a WL address based, at least in part, on a received memory address. The memory controller is further to determine a BL address. The apparatus further includes a parameter selection module to select a value of a control parameter based, at least in part, on at least one of the WL address and/or the BL address.
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公开(公告)号:US20170169886A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-15
申请号:US15442594
申请日:2017-02-24
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Sanjay RANGAN , Kiran PANGAL , Nevil N. GAJERA , Lu LIU , Gayathri RAO SUBBU
CPC classification number: G11C13/0069 , G11C7/04 , G11C11/16 , G11C13/0004 , G11C13/0061 , G11C2013/0078 , G11C2013/008 , G11C2013/0092 , H01L45/06 , H01L45/1286 , H01L45/141
Abstract: Phase change material can be set with a multistage set process. Set control logic can heat a phase change semiconductor material (PM) to a first temperature for a first period of time. The first temperature is configured to promote nucleation of a crystalline state of the PM. The control logic can increase the temperature to a second temperature for a second period of time. The second temperature is configured to promote crystal growth within the PM. The nucleation and growth of the crystal set the PM to the crystalline state. The multistage ramping up of the temperature can improve the efficiency of the set process relative to traditional approaches.
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公开(公告)号:US20210304817A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-30
申请号:US16828860
申请日:2020-03-24
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Davide MANTEGAZZA , Kiran PANGAL
Abstract: Examples may include techniques to mitigate errors during a read operation to a memory cell of a memory array. Examples include selecting the memory cell and applying one of multiple demarcation read voltages for respective multiple time intervals to sense a state of a resistive storage element of the memory cell. Examples also include applying a bias voltage to the memory cell following a sense interval to mitigate read disturb to the resistive storage element incurred while the one of the multiple demarcation read voltages was applied to the memory cell.
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公开(公告)号:US20180068695A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-08
申请号:US15703589
申请日:2017-09-13
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Prashant S. DAMLE , Frank T. HADY , Paul D. RUBY , Kiran PANGAL , Sowmiya JAYACHANDRAN
IPC: G11C7/10 , G11C11/406 , G11C16/34
CPC classification number: G11C7/1072 , G11C11/406 , G11C11/40618 , G11C16/3431
Abstract: In an embodiment, a memory controller may determine that one or more neighboring memory cells associated with a target memory cell in a memory device are to be refreshed. The controller may generate a command associated with refreshing the one or more neighboring memory cells. The controller may transfer the command from the memory controller to the memory device containing the target memory cell. The command may direct the memory device to refresh the neighboring memory cells and/or return one or more addresses associated with the neighboring memory cells.
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公开(公告)号:US20170294228A1
公开(公告)日:2017-10-12
申请号:US15614141
申请日:2017-06-05
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Mase J. TAUB , Sandeep K. GULIANI , Kiran PANGAL
CPC classification number: G11C13/0004 , G11C5/02 , G11C7/00 , G11C13/004 , G11C13/0069 , G11C2013/0076 , G11C2013/0078 , G11C2013/0092 , G11C2213/77
Abstract: A system and technique is disclosed for writing data in a cross-point memory. The state of one or more memory cells of the cross-point memory are sensed and then are continued to be selected and left on. It is then determined which of the one or more memory cells are to change state based on incoming user data that is to be written into the one or more memory cells. The one or more memory cells determined to change state and are still selected to be on are then written by applying a write-current pulse to the memory cells. In one exemplary embodiment, the one or more memory cells comprise one or more phase-change-type memory cell devices.
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公开(公告)号:US20190074058A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-07
申请号:US16105922
申请日:2018-08-20
Applicant: Intel Corporation
Inventor: Mase J. TAUB , Sandeep K. GULIANI , Kiran PANGAL
Abstract: A system and technique is disclosed for writing data in a cross-point memory. The state of one or more memory cells of the cross-point memory are sensed and then are continued to be selected and left on. It is then determined which of the one or more memory cells are to change state based on incoming user data that is to be written into the one or more memory cells. The one or more memory cells determined to change state and are still selected to be on are then written by applying a write-current pulse to the memory cells. In one exemplary embodiment, the one or more memory cells comprise one or more phase-change-type memory cell devices.
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