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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wei Fang, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Kiran Pangal, Fremont, CA (US);
Prashant S. Damle, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/28 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0602 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01); G06F 11/1044 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G06F 2003/0697 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory array comprising a plurality of phase change memory (PCM) cells; and a controller to determine to read data stored by the plurality of PCM cells independent of a read command from a host device; and in response to the determination to read data stored by the plurality of PCM cells independent of a read command from a host device, perform a dummy read operation on the plurality of PCM cells and perform an additional read operation on the plurality of PCM cells.