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Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 06, 2018
Applicant:

Spin Memory, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michail Tzoufras, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Marcin Gajek, Berkeley, CA (US);

Kadriye Deniz Bozdag, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Mourad El Baraji, Freemont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Spin Memory, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H01L 27/22 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/1673 (2013.01); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/1655 (2013.01); G11C 11/1657 (2013.01); G11C 11/1675 (2013.01); H01L 27/222 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for reading a Multi-Bit Cell (MBC) can include sensing a state parameter value, such as source line voltage, and applying a successive one of N programming parameter values, such as successive programming currents, between instances of sensing the state parameter values. The N successive programming parameter values can be selected to program the state of a corresponding one of N cell elements of the MBC to a respective state parameter value. Successive ones of the sensed state parameter values can be compared to determine N state change results, which can be used to determine the read state of the MBC.


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