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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2023
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Riccardo Muzzetto, Arcore, IT;
Ferdinando Bedeschi, Biassono, IT;
Umberto Di Vincenzo, Capriate San Gervasio, IT;
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for a counter-based sense amplifier method for memory cells are described. The described techniques provide for a memory system to store, in a counter associated with an array of memory cells, a value indicating a quantity of memory cells in the array having a predetermined logic value. The memory system may perform a read operation to read the data stored in the array of memory cells by applying a ramping bias voltage and may count the quantity of memory cells having the predetermined logic value during the read operation. The memory system may stop the read operation when the memory system identifies a quantity of memory cells having the predetermined logic value that is equal to the value stored to the counter.