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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2023
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Jeffrey S. McNeil, Nampa, ID (US);
Jonathan S. Parry, Boise, ID (US);
Ugo Russo, Boise, ID (US);
Akira Goda, Tokyo, JP;
Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Fremont, CA (US);
Violante Moschiano, Avezzano AQ, IT;
Niccolo' Righetti, Boise, ID (US);
Silvia Beltrami, Almenno San Bartolomeo, IT;
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Control logic in a memory device causes a first pulse to be applied to a plurality of word lines coupled to respective memory cells in a memory array during an erase operation. The control logic further causes a second pulse to be applied to a first set of word lines of the plurality of word lines to bias the first set of word lines to a first voltage. The control logic can cause a third pulse to be applied to a second set of word lines of the plurality of word lines to bias the second set of word lines to a second voltage and cause a fourth pulse to be applied to a source line of the memory array to erase the respective memory cells coupled to the first set of word lines and to program the respective memory cells coupled to the second set of word lines.