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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2017
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan Strand, Boise, ID (US);

Adam Johnson, Meridian, ID (US);

Xiaonan Chen, Boise, ID (US);

Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/08 (2006.01); G11C 29/50 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/0069 (2013.01); G11C 13/0002 (2013.01); G11C 13/0007 (2013.01); G11C 13/0064 (2013.01); G11C 29/08 (2013.01); G11C 29/50008 (2013.01); G11C 13/00 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0073 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0409 (2013.01); G11C 2029/5006 (2013.01);
Abstract

Memory programming methods and memory systems are described. One example memory programming method includes first applying a first signal to a memory cell to attempt to program the memory cell to a desired state, wherein the first signal corresponds to the desired state, after the first applying, determining that the memory cell failed to place in the desired state, after the determining, second applying a second signal to the memory cell, wherein the second signal corresponds to another state which is different than the desired state, and after the second applying, third applying a third signal to the memory cell to program the memory cell to the desired state, wherein the third signal corresponds to the desired state. Additional method and apparatus are described.


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