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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Christophe Laurent, Agrate Brianza, IT;
Riccardo Muzzetto, Arcore, IT;
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/22 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/2275 (2013.01); G11C 7/1006 (2013.01); G11C 11/221 (2013.01); G11C 11/2273 (2013.01); G11C 16/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for unbalanced programmed data states in memory. An embodiment includes a memory having a group of memory cells, and circuitry configured to determine a quantity of the memory cells of the group to program to a first data state, wherein the determined quantity of memory cells is less than or greater than half of the memory cells of the group, program the determined quantity of the memory cells of the group to the first data state, and program a remaining quantity of the memory cells of the group to a second data state.