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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Hernan A. Castro, Shingle Springs, CA (US);
Jeremy M. Hirst, Orangevale, CA (US);
Eric S. Carman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/0038 (2013.01); G11C 13/003 (2013.01); G11C 13/0004 (2013.01); G11C 13/0023 (2013.01); G11C 13/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, a memory device, and a system are disclosed to reduce power consumption in a cross-point memory device, including providing a first portion of a first pulse of a memory operation to a memory cell at a first time using a first capacitive discharge from a first discharge path, and providing a second portion of the first pulse of the memory operation to the memory cell at a second time, later than the first time, using a second discharge path.