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Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2017
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ali Khakifirooz, Folsom, CA (US);

Pranav Kalavade, San Jose, CA (US);

Rohit S. Shenoy, Fremont, CA (US);

Aliasgar S. Madraswala, Folsom, CA (US);

Donia Sebastian, Fair Oaks, CA (US);

Xin Guo, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/3481 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5622 (2013.01); G11C 2216/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory programmer apparatus may include a first-level programmer to program a first-level cell portion of a multi-level memory in a first pass, a coarse programmer to coarse program a second-level cell portion of the multi-level memory in the first pass, wherein the second-level cell portion includes more levels than the first-level cell portion, and a fine programmer to fine program the second-level cell portion of the multi-level memory in a second pass from data programmed in the first-level cell portion in the first pass.


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