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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2023
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventor:
Pin-Chou Chiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/3495 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of configuring a memory might include characterizing a read window budget for a programming operation of the memory as a function of a programming step voltage for a plurality of memory cell ages, determining a respective programming step voltage for each memory cell age of the plurality of memory cell ages in response to a desired read window budget, and storing data to the memory indicative of the determined respective programming step voltage for each memory cell age of the plurality of memory cell ages.