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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:
Dec. 21, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Viktor Markov, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Alexander Kotov, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); H01L 27/11529 (2017.01); H01L 27/11524 (2017.01); G11C 16/28 (2006.01); G11C 29/50 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/28 (2013.01); G11C 16/349 (2013.01); G11C 29/50004 (2013.01); H01L 27/11524 (2013.01); H01L 27/11529 (2013.01); G11C 16/3454 (2013.01); G11C 29/04 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0405 (2013.01); G11C 2029/4402 (2013.01); G11C 2029/5002 (2013.01); G11C 2029/5004 (2013.01); G11C 2029/5006 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory device that includes a plurality of non-volatile memory cells and a controller. The controller is configured to erase the plurality of memory cells, program each of the memory cells, and for each of the memory cells, measure a threshold voltage applied to the memory cell corresponding to a target current through the memory cell in a first read operation, re-measure a threshold voltage applied to the memory cell corresponding to the target current through the memory cell in a second read operation, and identify the memory cell as defective if a difference between the measured threshold voltage and the re-measured threshold voltage exceeds a predetermined amount.


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