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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025

Filed:

May. 10, 2022
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Andrea Locatelli, Dalmine, IT;

Giorgio Servalli, Fara Gera d'Adda, IT;

Angelo Visconti, Appiano Gentile, IT;

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4096 (2006.01); G11C 11/22 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01); G11C 11/4097 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4096 (2013.01); G11C 11/221 (2013.01); G11C 11/2273 (2013.01); G11C 11/406 (2013.01); G11C 11/4091 (2013.01); G11C 11/4097 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for biasing a memory cell during a read operation are described. For example, a memory device may bias a memory cell to a first voltage (e.g., a read voltage) during an activation phase of a read operation. After biasing the memory cell to the first voltage, the memory device may bias the memory cell to a second voltage greater than the first voltage (e.g., a write voltage) during the activation phase of the read operation. After biasing the memory cell to the second voltage, the memory device may initiate a refresh phase of the read operation. Based on a value stored by the memory cell prior to biasing the memory cell to the first voltage, the memory device may initiate a precharge phase of the read operation.


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