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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Koji Sakui, Tokyo, JP;
Mark Hawes, Boise, ID (US);
Toru Tanzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Jeremy Binfet, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/14 (2006.01); G11C 16/32 (2006.01); G11C 7/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/20 (2006.01); H01L 27/11519 (2017.01); H01L 27/11529 (2017.01); H01L 27/11556 (2017.01); H01L 27/115 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 7/04 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/14 (2013.01); G11C 16/20 (2013.01); G11C 16/30 (2013.01); G11C 16/32 (2013.01); G11C 16/3418 (2013.01); G11C 16/3427 (2013.01); H01L 27/115 (2013.01); H01L 27/11519 (2013.01); H01L 27/11529 (2013.01); H01L 27/11556 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods of operating such apparatus include establishing a negative potential in a body of a memory cell in response to a timer, or during an access operation of another memory cell.