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Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024

Filed:

May. 24, 2022
Applicant:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ming Wang, Shanghai, CN;

Liang Li, Shanghai, CN;

Ke Zhang, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/24 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); H10B 41/27 (2023.01); H10B 43/27 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/24 (2013.01); G11C 16/3459 (2013.01); H10B 41/27 (2023.02); H10B 43/27 (2023.02);
Abstract

An apparatus is provided that includes a memory die having a first memory cell, and a controller connected to the memory die. The controller is configured to apply a plurality of programming pulses to the first memory cell, apply a plurality of first verify pulses to the first memory cell, determine from the first verify pulses that the first memory cell has been programmed to a first programmed memory state, apply a single second verify pulse to the first memory cell after determining that the first memory cell has been programmed to the first programmed memory state, determine from the single second verify pulse that the first memory cell is no longer programmed to the first programmed memory state, and apply an additional programming pulse to the first memory cell.


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