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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:
May. 30, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Go Shikata, San Jose, CA (US);

Shigekazu Yamada, Suginamiku, JP;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of operating the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a first memory block including first word lines for respective first memory cells of the first memory block; a second memory block including second word lines for respective second memory cells of the second memory block; first diffusion regions coupled to the first word lines; second diffusion regions adjacent the first diffusion regions, the second diffusion regions coupled to the second word lines; and a circuit to apply a voltage to the second diffusion regions in a write operation performed on the first memory block.


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