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Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Makoto Kitagawa, Folsom, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/2257 (2013.01); G11C 11/221 (2013.01); G11C 11/2255 (2013.01); G11C 11/2273 (2013.01); G11C 11/2275 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory cell may include a capacitor and a switch. Accessing the memory cell in a memory array of a memory device may include applying a word line voltage to the switch to electrically couple the capacitor to a data line. However, if not compensated for, applying the word line voltage may induce undesired voltages on adjacent memory cells of the memory arrays. Systems and methods are described to reduce an effect of one or more parasitic capacitors causing the undesired voltage disturbance. For example, the memory array may provide compensatory voltages to adjacent word lines of a target word line to compensate for such undesired parasitic capacitors. Accordingly, an undesired voltage disturbance of the memory cells may be reduced.


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