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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Sivagnanam Parthasarathy, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Patrick R. Khayat, San Diego, CA (US);
Mustafa N. Kaynak, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert B. Eisenhuth, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/5642 (2013.01); G06F 11/1048 (2013.01); G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G06F 11/1072 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/06 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/3418 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory cell can have a state in a valley between adjacent data states. A determination can be made whether a state of a memory cell is in a valley between adjacent distributions of states associated with respective data states. A signal indicative of a data state of the memory cell and whether the state of the memory cell is in the valley can be transmitted.