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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2024
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Jeremy M. Hirst, Orangevale, CA (US);
Shanky K. Jain, Folsom, CA (US);
Hernan A. Castro, Shingle Springs, CA (US);
Richard K. Dodge, Santa Clara, CA (US);
William A. Melton, Shingle Springs, CA (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for multi-state programming of memory cells. An embodiment includes a memory having a plurality of memory cells, and circuitry configured to program a memory cell of the plurality of memory cells to one of a plurality of possible data states by applying a voltage pulse to the memory cell, determining the memory cell snaps back in response to the applied voltage pulse, turning off a current to the memory cell upon determining the memory cell snaps back, and applying a number of additional voltage pulses to the memory cell after turning off the current to the memory cell.