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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2019
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Luca De Santis, Avezzano, IT;

Tommaso Vali, Sezze, IT;

Kenneth J. Eldredge, Boise, ID (US);

Vishal Sarin, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); H01L 27/00 (2006.01); G11C 13/06 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/046 (2013.01); G11C 13/06 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); H01L 27/00 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods include receiving a pattern to be searched in a memory having a plurality of sets of memory elements with each set coupled to a separate data line and corresponding to a same set of bit positions of the pattern. Methods further include receiving a pattern of data to be programmed into a memory, programming a first data state into one memory cell of each cell pair of a plurality of cell pairs of a memory array, and programing a second data state into another memory cell of each cell pair of the plurality of cell pairs for each bit position of the pattern. Memory configured to facilitate such methods include a plurality of cell pairs, each cell pair of the plurality of cell pairs programmed to store a same bit of data corresponding to a particular bit position of a pattern to be searched in the memory.


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