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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2020
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Luca De Santis, Avezzano, IT;
Marco-Domenico Tiburzi, Avezzano, IT;
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Methods of operating a memory, as well as memory configured to perform such method, include applying an intermediate read voltage to a selected access line for a read operation, adding noise to a sensing operation while applying the intermediate read voltage, determining a value indicative of a number of memory cells of a plurality of memory cells connected to the selected access line that are activated in response to applying the intermediate read voltage to the selected access line, and determining a plurality of read voltages for the read operation in response to the value indicative of the number of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells that are activated in response to applying the intermediate read voltage to the selected access line.