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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2023
Applicant:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MACRONIX International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/1069 (2013.01); G11C 8/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device and an in-memory search method thereof are provided. The in-memory search method includes: providing, in a first stage, a first voltage or a second voltage to a word line of at least one target memory cell according to a logical status of searched data, and reading a first current; providing, in a second stage, a third voltage or a fourth voltage to the word line of the at least one target memory cell according to the logical status of the searched data, and reading a second current; and obtaining a search result according to a difference between the second current and the first current.