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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2019
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Violante Moschiano, Avezzano, IT;
Purval S. Sule, Folsom, CA (US);
Han Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrea D'Alessandro, L'Aquila, IT;
Pranav Kalavade, San Jose, CA (US);
Han Zhao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shantanu Rajwade, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Memories having a controller configured to perform methods during programming operations including applying a first voltage level to first and second data lines while applying a second, lower, voltage level to first and second select gates connected between the data lines and respective strings of memory cells; decreasing a voltage level of the first data line to a third voltage level; increasing a voltage level of the first select gate to a fourth voltage level; applying a fifth voltage level, higher than the first voltage level, to first and second access lines coupled to memory cells of the strings of memory cells; and increasing a voltage level of the first access line to a sixth voltage level.