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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2021
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Zhengyi Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Dan Xu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tomoko Ogura Iwasaki, San Jose, CA (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Apparatus having a string of series-connected memory cells, a plurality of access lines with each access line of the plurality of access lines connected to a control gate of a respective memory cell of the plurality of memory cells, and a controller for access of the string of series-connected memory cells and configured to cause the memory to increase a threshold voltage of a particular memory cell of the string of series-connect memory cells to a voltage level higher than a predetermined pass voltage to be received by a control gate of the particular memory cell during a read operation on the string of series-connected memory cells, and concurrently change a respective data state of each memory cell of a plurality of memory cells of the string of series-connected memory cells.