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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies Llc, Addison, TX (US);
Inventors:
Lei Lin, Fremont, CA (US);
Zhuojie Li, Newark, CA (US);
Henry Chin, Fremont, CA (US);
Cynthia Hsu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
SanDisk Technologies LLC, Addison, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 29/12 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/3459 (2013.01); G11C 29/12 (2013.01); G11C 2029/1202 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of memory cells, a programming circuit configured to apply a plurality of programming pulses to the memory cells, and a scanning circuit configured to repeatedly switch between performing an n-state bitscan after each programming pulse until first predetermined criteria are satisfied, and performing an m-state bitscan after each programming pulse until second predetermined criteria are satisfied, where m>n, and n>0.