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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2019
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Daniele Cantarelli, Villasanta, IT;
Augusto Benvenuti, Lallio, IT;
Massimo Ernesto Bertuccio, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Methods of operating a memory, and memory configured to perform similar methods, might include performing a sense operation on a particular memory cell of a string of series-connected memory cells, discharging the respective access line for a second memory cell of the string of series-connected memory cells to a first voltage level, discharging the respective access line for the particular memory cell to a second voltage level higher than the first voltage level, and discharging the respective access line for a third memory cell of the string of series-connected memory cells to a third voltage level lower than the second voltage level and higher than the first voltage level.