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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Hoan Huu Nguyen, Cary, NC (US);
Francois Ibrahim Atallah, Raleigh, NC (US);
Keith Alan Bowman, Morrisville, NC (US);
Hari Rao, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus and methods for performing memory read operations. One example method generally includes precharging a plurality of memory columns during a precharging phase of a read access cycle. The method also includes sensing first data stored in a first memory cell of a first memory column of the plurality of memory columns during a memory read phase of the read access cycle, and sensing second data stored in a second memory cell of a second memory column of the plurality of memory columns during the same memory read phase of the read access cycle.