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Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Chun Sum Yeung, San Jose, CA (US);

Guang Hu, Mountain View, CA (US);

Ting Luo, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Tao Liu, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes performing a first read operation involving a set of memory cells using a first voltage, determining a quantity of bits associated with the set of memory cells based on the first read operation, performing a second read operation involving the set of memory cells using a second voltage that is greater than the first voltage when the quantity of bits is above a threshold quantity of bits for the set of memory cells, and performing the second read operation involving the set of memory cells using a third voltage that is less than the first voltage when the quantity of bits is below the threshold quantity of bits for the set of memory cells.


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