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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2020
Sandisk Technologies Llc, Addison, TX (US);
Xiang Yang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Deepanshu Dutta, Fremont, CA (US);
Gerrit Jan Hemink, San Ramon, CA (US);
Tai-Yuan Tseng, Milpitas, CA (US);
Yan Li, Milpitas, CA (US);
SanDisk Technologies LLC, Addison, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a programming circuit configured to supply a program pulse to increase a threshold voltage of a memory cell. The apparatus also includes a sensing circuit configured to determine that the threshold voltage of the memory cell satisfies a trigger threshold voltage in response to the program pulse. The apparatus further includes a damping circuit configured to increase a voltage of a bit line connected to the memory cell after initiation of and during a second program pulse in response to the threshold voltage of the memory cell satisfying the trigger threshold voltage, the second program pulse being sent by the programming circuit.